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A New Specification Test in Regression Analysis
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics.
2025 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This thesis introduces a new specification test for models in regression analysis, testing if the error terms of a regression model have expected value of zero conditional on an explanatory variable H0 : E[U|x] = 0. Two versions of the test are developed: the Basic Test assumes that one can observe the real error terms serving as a foundation for the development of the second version of the test, the Feasible Test, which works with residuals from the fitted model. The test is performed by calculating a matrix W from which the test-statistic v = uTWu can be calculated. Under the null hypothesis the v-statistic will follow a generalized chi-square distribution with the eigenvalues of the W-matrix. Towards the end of the thesis the test is compared with Ramsey’s RESET Test which also is able to test the null hypothesis H0 : E[U|x] = 0 but in a different way.

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2025. , p. 32
Keywords [en]
Regression Analysis, Specification Test, Econometrics, Statistical Test, Hypothesis Test, Residuals
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Economics Probability Theory and Statistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-549982OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-549982DiVA, id: diva2:1936388
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Economics
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Available from: 2025-02-11 Created: 2025-02-10 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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