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Lecture-3: Simple Regression
Model Properties-II
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Simple regression model estimation
Gauss-Markov Theorem
Hand calculation of regression estimates
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Summary of OLS slope estimate
The slope estimate is the sample covariance between x and y divided by the sample variance of x
If x and y are positively correlated, the slope will be positive
If x and y are negatively correlated, the slope will be negative
Only need x to vary in our sample
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More OLS
Intuitively, OLS is fitting a line through the sample points such that the sum of squared residuals is as small as possible, hence the term least squares
The residual, û, is an estimate of the error term, u, and is the difference between the fitted line (sample regression function) and the sample point
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Algebraic Properties of OLS
The sum of the OLS residuals is zero
Thus, the sample average of the OLS residuals is zero as well
The sample covariance between the regressors and the OLS residuals is zero
The OLS regression line always goes through the mean of the sample
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Algebraic Properties (precise)
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Goodness-of-Fit (1)
How do we think about how well our sample regression line fits our sample data?
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R2 = SSE/SST =1 – SSR/SST
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Unbiasedness of OLS
Assume the population model is linear in parameters as y = 0 + 1x + u
Assume we can use a random sample of size n, {(xi, yi): i=1, 2, …, n}, from the population model. Thus we can write the sample model yi = 0 + 1xi + ui
Assume E(u|x) = 0 and thus E(ui|xi) = 0
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Unbiasedness Summary
The OLS estimates of 1 and 0 are unbiased
Proof of unbiasedness depends on our 4 assumptions – if any assumption fails, then OLS is not necessarily unbiased
Remember unbiasedness is a description of the estimator – in a given sample we may be “near” or “far” from the true parameter
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Variance of the OLS Estimators
Now we know that the sampling distribution of our estimate is centered around the true parameter
Want to think about how spread out this distribution is
Much easier to think about this variance under an additional assumption, so
Assume Var(u|x) = s2 (Homoskedasticity)
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Variance of OLS (cont)
Var(u|x) = E(u2|x)-[E(u|x)]2
E(u|x) = 0, so s2 = E(u2|x) = E(u2) = Var(u)
Thus s2 is also the unconditional variance, called the error variance
s, the square root of the error variance is called the standard deviation of the error
Can say: E(y|x)=0 + 1x and Var(y|x) = s2
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Graphical illustration of homoskedasticity
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An example for heteroskedasticity: Wage and education
The variance of the unobserveddeterminants of wages increaseswith the level of education
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Variance of OLS (cont)
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Variance of OLS Summary
The larger the error variance, s2, the larger the variance of the slope estimate
The larger the variability in the xi, the smaller the variance of the slope estimate
As a result, a larger sample size should decrease the variance of the slope estimate
Problem that the error variance is unknown
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Estimating the Error Variance
We don’t know what the error variance, s2, is, because we don’t observe the errors, ui
What we observe are the residuals, ûi
We can use the residuals to form an estimate of the error variance
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Standard assumptions for the linear regression model
Assumption SLR.1 (Linear in parameters)
Assumption SLR.2 (Random sampling)
In the population, the relationshipbetween y and x is linear
The data is a random sample drawn from the population
Each data point therefore followsthe population equation
Gauss-Markov Assumptions (2)30
Assumptions for the linear regression model (cont.)
Assumption SLR.3 (Sample variation in explanatory variable)
Assumption SLR.4 (Zero conditional mean)
Assumption SLR.5 (Homoskedasticity)
The values of the explanatory variables are not all the same (otherwise it would be impossible to stu-dy how different values of the explanatory variablelead to different values of the dependent variable)
The value of the explanatory variable must contain no information about the mean ofthe unobserved factors
The value of the explanatory variable must contain no information about the variabilityof the unobserved factors
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Term Formulae
Coefficient of x
Intercept coefficient
Coefficient of Determination (r2)𝑟2 =
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