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Ekonometrika 1
Dr. Ghozali Maski
Historical Origin of the Term
Regression
• Francis Galton, although there
was a tendency for tall parents to
have tall children and for short
parents to have short children,
the average height of children
born of parents of a given height
tended to move or “regress” to
ward the average height in the
population as a whole.
• Karl Pearson
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The Modern Interpretation
Independent variable
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The Nature and Sources of
Data for Economic Analysis
• Types of data:
- Time series
- Cross-section
- Pooled
• Sources of data:
- Internet
• Measurement scale of variables:
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio
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Two-Variable Regression
Analysis: some basic ideas
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The Concept of Population and
Sample Regression Function
E(Y|Xi) = β1 + β2 Xi
Y = b1 + b2 Xi + u
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Random Sample
Y X
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The Meaning of the Term
Linear
• Linearity in the variable
• Linearity in the parameters
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The Significance of the
Stochastic Error terms
• Vagueness of theory
• Unavailability of data
• Intrinsic randomness in human
behavior
• Poor proxy variables
• Wrong functional form
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SELESAI
• Ada Pertanyaan??
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