Formulate and carry out an appropriate hypothesis test

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Q1. Consider the straight line through the origin given by y= b1x for some parameter b1 . Given a set of data points for , formulate a minimisation problem for the least squares estimator estimator (b1 ) ^ for the parameter b1. (Note, this is the OLS regression without a constant term).

Q2. Using calculus, find an expression for the least squares estimator (b1 ) ^ in terms of the for .for the OLS regression in Q1.

Q3. Prove that the least squares estimator you derived in the previous question gives rise to a minimum. (Hint: consider the second derivative).

Q4. Read the given data file data.xls into EVIEWS, and run a regression of KMLIT against the rest of the variables assuming homoskedastic errors. Copy and paste the EVIEWS output into the space below, and report the estimated equation with the standard errors below the coefficients.

Q5. Comment on the sign of each estimated coefficient in turn, and state whether this is what you expect. Ignore significance at this stage.

Q6 Interpret the estimated effect of the Number of Cylinders (CYL) on kilometers travelled. .

Q7 Formulate and carry out an appropriate hypothesis test, to test whether Engine size affects a car's mileage (i.e. how far it can travel per litre). Use the t-statistic approach, at the α=0.05 level.

Q7 Formulate and carry out an appropriate hypothesis test, to test whether Engine size affects a car's mileage (i.e. how far it can travel per litre). Use the t-statistic approach, at the α=0.05 level.


Q9 (4 marks) Test the following hypotheses about the coefficients on CYL (B1) and ENGCM3 (B2). Clearly specify the rejection region if you are using critical values, and clearly state your conclusions. When using p values, calculate and compare your p-values to the test size then state your conclusion.
(Hint, assume the Central Limit Theorem Holds)

(a) H0: , H1: , with α=0.05 using the critical-value approach.
(b) H0: , H1: , with α=0.05 using the critical-value approach.
(c) H0: , H1: , with α=0.05 using the p-value approach.
(d) H0: , H1: , with α=0.05 using the p-value approach.

Q10 You want to test whether a unit increase in a car's weight (mass) has a greater detrimental effect on fuel efficiency than a unit increase in the power of the car's engine, rather than the same effect. Formulate a hypothesis test to do this. Use re-parametrisation to convert the model to allow you to test this hypothesis using a simple t-test.

Q11 Verify that the "OLS Wonder Equation" gives a standard error for the CYL coefficient close to 0.145. You will need to run a regression of CYL on all the other independent variables, and you must include this regression output below. (Remember, the OLS Wonder Equation gives an estimate of the homoskedasticity consistent standard error):

Q12 Test the following joint hypothesis about the coefficients on CYL (B1) and ENGCM3 (B2): H0: and , H1: or , with α=0.05.

Along with the previous results, what do you conclude about B1 and B2? Is this consistent with your intuition?

Q13. Can you explain any conflict between the implications of the results obtained about and and your expectations? (Hint: Run auxiliary regressions for the explanatory variables in question against the others, and compute the correlations between all the explanatory variables. What do you notice?).

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