Regression analysis of economic data.

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Inflation in Low-Money-Growth and High-Money-Growth Countries, 1988-1991
(from A.B. Abel and B.S. Bernanke, Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley)

Money Growth Inflation Rate
Cote d'Ivoire -4.1 2
Senegal -0.5 -0.7
Switzerland 0.7 4.1
Rwanda 1 6.7
Niger 1.4 -3.2
France 2.9 3.2
United States 3.6 4.6
Czechoslovakia 3.8 15.2
Canada 3.8 4.8
Burkino Faso 5.2 1.4
Zaire 207.7 251.4
Pland 144.9 184.7
Uruguay 78.3 88.3
Mexico 67 41.4
Turkey 57.4 66.2
Zambia 56.6 94.7
Ecuador 50.8 57.4
Sudan 50.8 78.5
Nigeria 36.6 29.6
Peru 1052.6 1694.3

Q.2

WAITE FIRST SECURITIES

No. Yr. Mo. S&P 500 HILTON TI GIANT
1 1989 1 7.111% -3.044% 7.012% -0.619%
2 1989 2 -2.894% -5.340% -8.832% -5.729%
3 1989 3 2.081% 18.205% -0.800% 8.840%
4 1989 4 5.009% 11.280% 0.949% 10.660%
5 1989 5 3.039% 33.138% 11.599% 4.608%
6 1989 6 -0.335% 16.006% -11.674% 0.000%
7 1989 7 8.837% 6.345% 0.639% 28.194%
8 1989 8 1.552% 0.597% 1.587% -13.793%
9 1989 9 -0.654% 0.474% -3.300% -2.400%
10 1989 10 -2.518% -8.737% -17.208% -4.918%
11 1989 11 1.654% -2.717% 14.290% -3.896%
12 1989 12 2.142% -12.000% -1.034% 2.703%
13 1990 1 -6.882% -25.606% -6.969% -5.702%
14 1990 2 0.854% 2.444% 5.618% -5.607%
15 1990 3 2.426% -13.174% 3.348% 4.455%
16 1990 4 -2.689% -14.713% -6.207% 2.464%
17 1990 5 9.199% 20.054% 23.529% 4.186%
18 1990 6 -0.889% -1.354% -5.226% -0.446%
19 1990 7 -0.522% -15.011% -19.243% -3.498%
20 1990 8 -9.431% -23.306% -13.281% -4.673%
21 1990 9 -5.118% -15.901% 2.000% -12.745%
22 1990 10 -0.670% -2.941% -14.667% 6.854%
23 1990 11 5.993% 13.160% 32.521% 6.878%
24 1990 12 2.483% 15.058% 20.158% 12.871%
25 1991 1 4.152% -1.879% -1.645% 5.351%
26 1991 2 6.728% 20.000% 11.037% -2.092%
27 1991 3 2.220% -6.322% -3.482% -0.427%
28 1991 4 0.032% 3.988% 0.940% 0.996%
29 1991 5 3.860% 16.342% -2.795% 2.137%
30 1991 6 -4.789% -14.541% -14.556% -1.674%
31 1991 7 4.486% -0.776% -2.256% -3.268%
32 1991 8 1.965% -1.515% -2.692% -18.584%
33 1991 9 -1.914% -3.077% -10.103% 0.543%
34 1991 10 1.183% 12.063% 11.947% 1.795%
35 1991 11 -4.390% -10.652% -11.289% -5.882%
36 1991 12 11.159% 3.514% 10.314% 9.659%
37 1992 1 -1.992% 6.914% 15.854% 0.166%
38 1992 2 0.959% 2.035% 5.263% 4.688%
39 1992 3 -2.183% 6.268% -12.520% -6.965%
40 1992 4 2.789% 10.456% 6.130% -8.364%
41 1992 5 0.096% -5.728% 8.664% -3.529%
42 1992 6 -1.736% -4.922% -6.166% 0.610%
43 1992 7 3.940% 1.471% 19.217% -0.994%
44 1992 8 -2.402% -1.622% -7.761% -1.852%
45 1992 9 0.911% 4.121% 12.764% -10.692%
46 1992 10 0.211% -7.124% 13.256% 0.958%
47 1992 11 3.026% 6.932% 0.000% 18.310%
48 1992 12 1.011% -7.219% -4.723% 6.548%
49 1993 1 0.705% 11.354% 15.818% -2.034%
50 1993 2 1.048% -4.167% 4.630% -2.874%
51 1993 3 1.870% 5.163% 3.416% 15.976%
52 1993 4 -2.542% -7.494% -2.146% 4.286%
53 1993 5 2.272% 12.123% 13.596% 0.493%
54 1993 6 0.076% -7.769% 8.193% -2.941%
55 1993 7 -0.533% -6.957% 1.252% 4.747%
56 1993 8 3.443% 7.353% 13.958% -9.223%
57 1993 9 -0.999% 7.397% -6.133% -1.604%
58 1993 10 1.939% -4.337% -13.079% 5.652%
59 1993 11 -1.291% -1.760% -2.095% -3.627%
60 1993 12 1.009% 32.787% -0.887% 10.753%

Q.3

HTWT: Survey Response
Height, Weight and Gender of a Sample from a First Year MBA Class

Height Weight 0=Male
(Inches) (pounds) 1=Female
HT WT M/F
68 140 0
69 155 0
66 120 0
72 180 0
72 165 0
69 175 0
72 165 0
71 130 0
71 175 0
67 130 1
72 160 0
68 153 0
75 200 0
65 125 1
69 165 0
70 130 0
72 175 0
73 175 0
70 165 0
65 127 1
63 123 1
73 192 0
62 112 1
70 163 0
68 119 0
72 155 0
72 185 0
71 155 0
74 160 0
71 180 0
70 158 0
68 168 0
73 175 0
72 155 0
75 180 0
63 100 1
71 117 0
69 155 0
70 155 0
70 180 0
72 158 0
60 86 1
67 140 0
75 175 0
70 142 1
58 147 0
66 135 1
68 143 0
71 215 0
67 122 1
68 153 0
72 160 0
75 185 0
72 155 0
63 115 1
68 125 0
68 148 0
72 155 0
65 120 1
73 210 0
60 97 1