Financial economists are often interested in measuring the relationship between the return on an individual stock and

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Financial economists are often interested in measuring the relationship between the return on an individual stock and the return on the S&P 500.

This model is usually referred to as the market model. Use the MINITAB program and the following rates of return for Ford stock and the S&P 500 in the table to:

(a) Plot the data.

(b) Use the method of least squares to estimate the slope and intercept.

(c) Calculate the standard error of the estimates.

(d) Calculate the coefficient of determination.image text in transcribedimage text in transcribed

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Statistics For Business And Financial Economics

ISBN: 9781461458975

3rd Edition

Authors: Cheng Few Lee , John C Lee , Alice C Lee

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