2/20/2003

• Discussion of articles
• Identify the response and explanatory variables
• Decide on the nature of the relationship, see p. 294 (causation, common response, confounding)
• Does the linear model provide a good fit?
• For what values of the explanatory variable would you be willing to predict the response variable?  Explain.
  
• The Regression Effect
  
• Government Statistics
• Unemployment Rate - Courtney and Dabney
• New Homes - Britta and Elizabeth
• Exports - Eric
• Imports - Catherine
• Births - Claire and Kristen
  
• Deaths - Caitlin
• GPI - Tom
• Education - Becca
• Consumer Price Index
• Adjusting for changes in buying power - see p. 312
• Exercise 16.14 and 16.16 on p. 324
• Prepare for class debate - Should sampling be used by the Census Bureau?