Mathematical Statistics with Applications

7th Edition

ISBN: 9780495110811

Author: Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 12.2, Problem 8E

The standard error of the estimator β ^ 1 in a simple linear regression model gets smaller as S_xx increases, that is, as the x-values become more spread out. Why don’t we always spread the x-values out as much as possible?

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The standard error of the estimator β ^ 1 in a simple linear regression model gets smaller as S xx increases, that is, as the x -values become more spread out. Why don’t we always spread the x -values out as much as possible?

Solution Summary: The author explains the reason for not spreading x -values as much as possible. If spread of independent variables increases, there is a chance of having non linear curve.

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