Statistics Plus New MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (13th Edition)

13th Edition

ISBN: 9780134090436

Author: James T. McClave, Terry T Sincich

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 12.7, Problem 12.74ACB

Buy-side vs. sell-side analysts’ earnings forecasts. Refer to the Financial Analysts Journal (July/August 2008) comparison of earnings forecasts of buy-side and sell-side analysts, Exercise 2.86 (p. 88). The Harvard Business School professors used regression to model the relative optimism (y) of the analysts’ 3-month horizon forecasts. One of the independent variables used to model forecast optimism was the dummy variable x = {1 if the analyst worked for a buy-side firm, 0 if the analyst worked for a sell-side firm}.

a. Write the equation of the model for E(y) as a function of type of firm.
b. Interpret the value of β₀ in the model, part a.
c. The professors write that the value of β₁, in the model, part a, “represents the mean difference in relative forecast optimism between buy-side and sell-side analysts.” Do you agree?
d. The professors also argue that “if buy-side analysts make less optimistic forecasts than their sell-side counterparts, the [estimated value of 131] will be negative.” Do you agree?

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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