Multiple Linear Regression

A mortgage department of a large bank is studying its recent loans. Of particular interest is how such factors as the value of the home (in thousands of dollars), education level of the head of the household, age of the head of the household, current monthly mortgage payment (in dollars), and gender of the head of the household (male = 1, female = 0) relate to the family income. Are these variables effective predictors of the income of the household A random sample of 25 recent loans is obtained.

Income

Value

Years of

Mortgage

($ thousands)

($ thousands)

Education

Age

Payment

Gender

$190

14

53

$230

1

$40.30

121

15

49

370

1

39.6

161

14

44

397

1

40.8

161

14

39

181

1

40.3

179

14

53

378

0

40

99

14

46

304

0

38.1

114

15

42

285

1

40.4

202

14

49

551

0

40.7

184

13

37

370

0

40.8

90

14

43

135

0

37.1

181

14

48

332

1

39.9

143

15

54

217

1

40.4

132

14

44

490

0

38

127

14

37

220

0

39

153

14

50

270

1

40.6

145

14

50

279

1

40.3

174

15

52

329

1

40.1

177

15

47

274

0

41.7

188

15

49

433

1

40.1

153

15

53

333

1

40.6

150

16

58

148

0

40.4

173

13

42

390

1

40.9

163

14

46

142

1

40.1

150

15

50

343

0

38.5

139

14

45

373

0

a) Determine the regression equation.

b) What is the value of R2? Comment on the value.

c) Conduct a global hypothesis test to determine whether any of the independent variables are different from zero.

d) Conduct individual hypothesis test to determine whether any of the independent variables can be dropped.

e) If variables are dropped, recomputed the regression equation and R2.

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