EXAMPLE 13 F test for the overall significance of the multiple regression
For the breakfast cereal data, we are interested in determining whether a linear relationship exists between y =(nutritional) rating, and x1 =vitamins and x2=sodium .
Solution
Step 1 State the hypotheses and the rejection rule. We have k = 2 x variables, so the hypotheses are
Reject if the .
The ANOVA table is a convenient way to organize a set of statistics, which can be used to perform multiple regression as well as ANOVA.
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Exercises 21, 22, 27, and 28.