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4 marks, −1Econometrics › Linear regression and OLS › The regression model and the OLS estimatorModerateabout 2 min

DSE 2018 Question 49: Linear regression and OLS

You have 100100100 observations on yyy, with average value 151515, and on xxx, with average value 888. From an OLS regression, you have estimated the slope on xxx to be 222. Your estimate of the mean of yyy conditioned on xxx is

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You have 100 observations on y, with average value 15, and on x, with average value 8. From an OLS regression, you have estimated the slope on x to be 2. Your estimate of the mean of y conditioned on x is (A) 15 (B) 17 (C) None of the above (D) 16

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This question is on The regression model and the OLS estimator, part of Linear regression and OLS in Econometrics.

What a linear regression model is and how ordinary least squares picks the fitted line.

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