Purpose Statement

In one paragraph, state the correlation and identify the primary independent variables. Before proceeding to the development of formulas, it may be well to define a few terms that are possibly unfamiliar (Yule, 1897). The quantitiesnecessarily numerical quantities--- whose relations it is desired to investigate will be spoken of as the variables, since their magnitude varies. Instead of speaking of "casual relation," "casually related quantities," we will use the terms " correlation," "correlated quantities"(Yule, 1897). This definition is provisional, subject to numerical measures given later. State the correlation as in the following: "The dependent variable sale of a car is determined by independent variables mileage, price, amount of room in the car, and model of the car. "Identify and defend the "primary" independent variable, or the variable believed to have the strongest impact on the dependent variable: the strongest impact would be the sale of the car. The most important independent variable in this relationship is model of the car because it depends on the preference or selection by who designed

Term Research Paper: Paper must be in APA style

Category

Criteria

Purpose Statement and Model

State why the dependent variable has been chosen for analysis

Identify the primary independent variable and defend why it is important

Write the general form of the model

Definition of Variables

Define and defend all variables

State the Expectations for each independent variable

Addressed for each variable

How is the variable defined in data source

Which unit of measurement is used?

For independent variables, why does the variable determine change in the dependent variable?

What sign is expected for the independent variable's coefficient, positive or negative and why

Data Description

Describe the data and identify the data sources

Identify which general sources and from which specific tables are the data taken

Which year or years were the data collected

Are there any data limitations

Presentation and Interpretation of Results

Perform Multiple Linear Regression analysis on data, present regression output and evaluate results (significance of Adjusted R-squared and independent variables)

Write the regression (prediction) equation

Identify and interpret the adjusted R²(one paragraph)

Discussion of the empirical results from the regression analysis

Works Cited Page

Use the proper format to list the works cited under two headings:

Research: a minimum of two sources

Data: a separate citation for each of the variables used in the paper