Summary formula sheet for simple linear
regression
Slope b = ! (Yi -Y)(Xi -X) / ! (Xi -X)2
_ _ _
Variance 5 2 / ! (Xi -X)2
_
_ _
Intercept a= Y - b X _
2
Variance of a [ n + !
1 X _
2
] 5 2
(Xi -X)
Estimated mean at X_ 0 a + b X0
(X0 -X)_2
Variance [ n + !
1
2
] 5 2
(Xi -X)
Estimated individual at _X0 a + b X0
(X0 -X)_2
Variance [1 + n + !
1
] 5 2
(Xi -X)2
Total SS = ! (Yi -Y)2
_
[ ! (Yi -Y)(Xi -X)] / ! (Xi -X)2
Regression
_ SS =_ _
2
Error SS = Total SS - Regression SS
R2 = Regression SS/ Total SS = "proportion
explained"
MSE = error mean square = estimate of 5 2
= Error SS/ df
df= degrees of freedom = n-2 for simple
linear.
Example
Data points (x1 ,y1 ), (x2 ,y2 ), ...., (xn ,yn )
_ (1,5), (2,7),_ (3,9), (4,6), (5,8)
x = 15/5=3, y = 7
Corrected sum of squares for x:
!(xi - x)2 = Sxx = (1-3)2 +...+(5-3)2 = 10
n _
i=1
Corrected sum of squares for y:
!(yi -y)2 = Syy = (5-7)2 +...+(8-7)2 = 10
n _
i=1
Corrected sum of cross products = Sxy =
!(xi - x)(yi -y) =
n _ _
i=1
(-2)(-2)+(-1)(0)+...+(2)(1) = 5 =
!xi yi -n x y = 110-5(3)(7)
n __
i=1
Slope: b = Sxy /Sxx = 5/10 = 0.5
Intercept:
_ _
y - b x = 7-0.5(3) = 5.5
^
y=5.5 + 0.5x
y 5 7 9 6 8
y^ 6 6.5 7 7.5 8
r=y- y^ -1 0.5 2 -1.5 0
!ri2 = "Error sum of squares" =
n
i=1
SSE = 1+0.25+4+2.25=7.5
SSE is also Syy - S2xy /Sxx = Syy - b2 Sxx =
10-52 /10
Variance of b:
ÈMSE/Sxx is called "standard error" of b.
MSE/Sxx œ 2.5/10 = 0.25.
t = b/È0.25 = 1 which is not an
Task: test H0 : true slope is 0
unusual t.
data a; input x y @@; cards;
15 27 39 46 58
;
proc reg; model Y =X / p;
run;
Dependent Variable: y
Analysis of Variance
Sum of Mean
Source DF Squares Square F Value Pr > F
Model 1 2.50000 2.50000 1.00 0.3910
Error 3 7.50000 2.50000
Corr Total 4 10.00000
Root MSE 1.58114 R-Square 0.2500
Dependent Mean 7.00000 Adj R-Sq 0.0000
Coeff Var 22.58770
Parameter Estimates
Parameter Standard
Variable DF Estimate Error t Value Pr > |t|
Intercept 1 5.50000 1.65831 3.32 0.0452
x 1 0.50000 0.50000 1.00 0.3910
Output Statistics
Dep Var Predicted
Obs y Value Residual
1 5.0000 6.0000 -1.0000
2 7.0000 6.5000 0.5000
3 9.0000 7.0000 2.0000
4 6.0000 7.5000 -1.5000
5 8.0000 8.0000 0