BA 213: Introductory Econometrics

Assignment 9
Deadline: April 29, 2020 (11:55 PM)
Q32. A statistics instructor at a large western university would like to examine
the relationship (if any) between the number of optional homework problems
students do during the semester and their final course grade. She randomly selects
12 students for study and asks them to keep track of the number of these problems
completed during the course of the semester. At the end of the class each student’s
total number of problems solved is recorded along with their final grade.

The data is given in the following table:

Problems Solved Marks in Final Semester

51 62

58 68

62 66

65 66

68 67

76 72

77 73

78 72

78 78

84 73

85 76

91 75

(a) Find the appropriate regression equation and interpret it.

(b) Use the regression equation to predict a student’s final course grade if 75
optional homework assignments are done.
(c) Use the regression equation to compute the number of optional homework
assignments that need to be completed if a student expects an 85.
(d) Find the coefficient of determination for the data and interpret it.

Q33. Prove that for a two-variable regression model 𝑅2 = 𝑟 2 where R is the

coefficient of determination and r is the coefficient of correlation between X and
Y.

Q34. Calculate the standard error of regression (SER) for the following data set:

X Y

1 2

2 4

3 5

4 4

5 5