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ch8 Multiple Regression Analysis
ch8 Multiple Regression Analysis
Chapter 8
Hypothesis testing about individual partial
regression coefficient
If we assume that ui ~ N(0, 2), we can use t test
to test a hypothesis about any individual partial
regression coefficient
ˆi i
t-statistic: t
se ˆ i
n 1 ESS
n 1 ESS TSS
k 1 TSS ESS k 1 1 ESS TSS
n 1 R 2
k 1 1 R 2
R 2 k 1
1 R 2
n 1
01/06/22 Prepared by Sri Yani K 4
The “incremental” contribution of an
explanatory variable
When to add a new variable
ESS new ESSold number of new regressor
F
RSSnew n number of parameters in the new model
or
F
R R number of new regressor
2
new
2
old
1 R
2
new n number of parameters in the new model
Competing models involving the same
dependent variable but with different explanatory
variables
t
ˆ ˆ
3 4 3 4
ˆ ˆ
3 4
se ˆ ˆ
3 4 var ˆ var ˆ 2 cov ˆ , ˆ
3 4 3 4
t
ˆ2 ˆ3 2 3
ˆ2 ˆ3 1
se ˆ2 ˆ3
var ˆ2 var ˆ3 2cov ˆ2 , ˆ3
if t > t-table, reject H 0
RSS R RSSUR m R UR
2 2
m ˆ
u ˆ
u
F
RSSUR n k UR n k
ˆ
u 2
F
2
RUR RR2 m
1 RUR
2
nk
m = number of linear restriction
k = number of parameters in the unresticted regressions
n = number of observations