A researcher interested in explaining the level of foreign reserves for the country of Barbados estimated the following multiple regression model using yearly data spanning the period 2001 to 2016: ??=?+????+????+???? Where FR = yearly foreign reserves ($000’s), OIL = annual oil prices, EXP = yearly total exports ($000’s) and FDI = annual foreign direct investment ($000’s). The sample of data was processed using MINITAB and the following is an extract of the output obtained: Predictor Coef StDev t-ratio p-value   Constant 5491.38 2508.81 2.1888 0.0491   OIL 85.39 18.46 4.626 0.0006   EXP -377.08 112.19 * 0.0057   FDI -396.99 160.66 -2.471 **   S = 2.45 R-sq = 96.3% R-sq(adj) = 95.3% Analysis of Variance Source DF SS MS F p Regression 3 1991.31 663.77 ? ?? Error 12 77.4 6.45     Total 15         What is dependent and independent variables? Fully write out the regression equation

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A researcher interested in explaining the level of foreign reserves for the country of Barbados estimated the following multiple regression model using yearly data spanning the period 2001 to 2016:

??=?+????+????+????

Where FR = yearly foreign reserves ($000’s), OIL = annual oil prices, EXP = yearly total exports ($000’s) and FDI = annual foreign direct investment ($000’s). The sample of data was processed using MINITAB and the following is an extract of the output obtained:

Predictor

Coef

StDev

t-ratio

p-value

 

Constant

5491.38

2508.81

2.1888

0.0491

 

OIL

85.39

18.46

4.626

0.0006

 

EXP

-377.08

112.19

*

0.0057

 

FDI

-396.99

160.66

-2.471

**

 

S = 2.45

R-sq = 96.3%

R-sq(adj) = 95.3%

Analysis of Variance

Source

DF

SS

MS

F

p

Regression

3

1991.31

663.77

?

??

Error

12

77.4

6.45

 

 

Total

15

 

 

 

 

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