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DSE 2012 Question 32: Goodness of fit and model selection

An analyst trying to estimate the demand for rice has estimated the following two models. Model 1: D=50+0.3Y+0.1P+12N; R2=0.7D=50+0.3Y+0.1P+12N;\ R^{2}=0.7D=50+0.3Y+0.1P+12N; R2=0.7, where DDD is the demand for rice per household, YYY is income per household, PPP is the price of rice and NNN is household size. The standard errors associated with the coefficient YYY is 0.1, that associated with PPP is 0.05, and of NNN is 3. Model 2: D/N=50+0.2Y/N−0.5P; R2=0.9D/N=50+0.2Y/N-0.5P;\ R^{2}=0.9D/N=50+0.2Y/N−0.5P; R2=0.9, where the standard errors of the estimated slope coefficients are 0.1 and 0.2 respectively. Which of the following statements is true?

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An analyst trying to estimate the demand for rice has estimated the following two models. Model 1: D=50+0.3Y+0.1P+12N; R²=0.7, where D is the demand for rice per household, Y is income per household, P is the price of rice and N is household size. The standard errors associated with the coefficient Y is 0.1, that associated with P is 0.05, and of N is 3. Model 2: D/N=50+0.2Y/N-0.5P; R²=0.9, where the standard errors of the estimated slope coefficients are 0.1 and 0.2 respectively. Which of the following statements is true? (A) Model 2 is preferred to Model 1 because it has a higher R². (B) Model 1 is preferred to Model 2 because the coefficients are all significant (C) The two models are not comparable in terms of fit (D) None of the above

Also written as: An analyst trying to estimate the demand for rice has estimated the following two models. Model 1: D=50+0.3Y+0.1P+12N; R^2=0.7, where D is the demand for rice per household, Y is income per household, P is the price of rice and N is household size. The standard errors associated with the coefficient Y is 0.1, that associated with P is 0.05, and of N is 3. Model 2: D/N=50+0.2Y/N-0.5P; R^2=0.9, where the standard errors of the estimated slope coefficients are 0.1 and 0.2 respectively. Which of the following statements is true?

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This question is on Adjusted R-squared and model comparison, part of Goodness of fit and model selection in Econometrics.

Penalising extra regressors and when R-squared can be compared across models.

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