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GATE 2024 Question 59: Binary-choice and time-series models

Let xxx and yyy be two dummy variables that take the values of either 0 or 1, and follow the bivariate frequency distribution as given below. If a logit regression is estimated with yyy as the dependent variable and xxx as the independent variable, then the estimated coefficient of xxx is ______ (rounded off to two decimal places).

x=0x=1Total
y=0: 6y=0: 1117
y=1: 6y=1: 713
Total: 12Total: 1830

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Let x and y be two dummy variables that take the values of either 0 or 1, and follow the bivariate frequency distribution as given below. If a logit regression is estimated with y as the dependent variable and x as the independent variable, then the estimated coefficient of x is (rounded off to two decimal places). | x=0 | x=1 | Total | y=0: 6 | y=0: 11 | 17 | y=1: 6 | y=1: 7 | 13 | Total: 12 | Total: 18 | 30 |

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This question is on Binary-choice models: linear probability, logit and probit, part of Binary-choice and time-series models in Econometrics.

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