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中级计量金融06
武汉理工大学考试试题A卷
课程名称-中级计量经济学-专业班级—金融SY0601
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一、MultipleChoice:
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20=40marks)
Readeachquestioncarefullyandselectthebestresponse.
1)Arandomsampleof5mosquitosissampled.ThenumberofmosquitoscarryingtheWestNileVirusinthesampleisanexampleofwhichrandomvariable?
a.normalb.student’stc.binomiald.uniforme.noneoftheabove
2)AresearcherisstudyingstudentsincollegeinCalifornia.Shetakesasampleof400studentsfrom10colleges.TheaverageageofallcollegestudentsinCaliforniais
A)astatistic.B)aparameter.C)themedian.D)apopulation.E)noneoftheabove
3)Youareconductingaone-sidedtestofthenullhypothesisthatthepopulationmeanis532versusthealternativethatthepopulationmeanislessthan532.Ifthesamplemeanis529andthep-valueis0.01,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
a.Thereisa0.01probabilitythatthepopulationmeanissmallerthan529.
b.Theprobabilityofobservingasamplemeansmallerthan529whenthepopulationmeanis532is0.01.
c.Thereisa0.01probabilitythatthepopulationmeanissmallerthan532.
d.Ifthesignificancelevelis0.05,youwillacceptthenullhypothesis.
e.noneoftheabove
5)Inthesimplelinearregressionmodel:
log(Y)=β+βX+ε,theslopeparameterβ
A)indicatesbyhowmanypercentagesYincreases,givenonepercentincreaseinX.
B)indicatesbyhowmanyunitsYincreases,givenoneunitincreaseinX.
C)indicatesbyhowmanypercentagesYincreases,givenoneunitincreaseinX.
D)representstheelasticityofYwithrespecttoX.
6)Whenalinearregressionmodelincludesaconstantterm,whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrect?
A)ESS=RSS+TSSB)TSS=ESS+RSSC)ESS>TSSD)R=1-(ESS/TSS)
7)TheOLSestimatorisderivedby
A)makingsurethatthestandarderroroftheregressionequalsthestandarderroroftheslopeestimator.
B)minimizingthesumofabsoluteresiduals.
C)minimizingthesumofsquaredresiduals.
D)connectingtheYicorrespondingtothelowestXiobservationwithYithecorrespondingtothehighestXiobservation.
8)InthecaseofthesimpleregressionmodelYi=β0+β1Xi+εi,whenXiandεiarecorrelated,
A)Xiisendogenous.B)theOLSestimatorisunbiased.
C)theOLSestimatorisconsistent.D)theOLSestimatorisBLUE.
9)ArecentstudyindicatesthatannualcostofmaintainingandrepairingacarinNewYorkAverage200withavarianceof260.Ifataxof20%isintroducedinallitemassociatedwiththemaintenanceandrepairofcars(ieeverythingismade20%moreexpensive),whatwillbethevarianceoftheannualcostofmaintainingandrepairingacar?
A.260B.270C.312D.374
10)Theprobabilitythatarandomlychosenmalehasacirculationproblemis0.25.Maleswhohaveacirculationproblemaretwiceaslikelytobesmokersasthosewhodonothavecirculationproblem.Whatistheconditionalprobabilitythatmalehasacirculationproblem,giventhatheissmoker?
A.
B.
C.
D.
11).Autoclaimamountsinthousands$aremodeledbyarandomvariablewithdensityfunction
forx≥0.TheInsurancecompanyexpectstopay100claims,ifthereisnodeductible.Howmanyclaimsdoesthecompanydecidestointroduceadeductibleof$onethousand?
A.26B.37C.50D.63E.74
12)Whichofthefollowingisleastlikelytocausetheunexpectedsignofaslopecoefficientestimate?
A)Omissionofarelevantvariable.B)Inclusionofanirrelevantvariable.
C)Incorrectfunctionalform.D)Severemulticollinearity.
13)ThenullhypothesisfortheRESETtestis:
(a)themodeliscorrectlyspecified.
(b)thestochasticerrortermisseriallycorrelated.
(c)thestochasticerrortermisheteroskedastic.
(d)thestochasticerrortermiscorrelatedwiththeexplanatoryvariables.
14).TheRESETtestiscarriedoutwith:
(a)theDurbin-Watsontest.(b)theParkTest.
(c)thet-test.(d)theF-test.
15.
(a)thedegreesoffreedomequal23.
(b)thedegreesoffreedomequal22.
(c)thedegreesoffreedomequal21.
(d)thedegreesoffreedomequal20.
(e)thedegreesoffreedomequal19.
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UsingthegiveninformationinProblem#15,thenullhypothesisis
(a)notrejectedatthe10%significancelevel.
(b)notrejectedatthe20%significancelevel.
(c)rejectedatthe5%significancelevel.
(d)rejectedatthe2%significancelevel.
(e)Both(c)and(d)arecorrectstatements.
Table2
17.
EstimationofthetwomodelsinTable2andcomparisonoftheRSSfromeachthroughtheF-testcanbeusedtotestthenullhypothesisthat:
(a)β1=β2
(b)β1=2
(c)β1=-1
(d)β1=1
(e)Noneoftheaboveisacorrectanswer.
18Consideralinearregressionmodelwith6independentvariablesestimatedwithasampleof86observations.Assumingaconstanttermisincludedinthemodel,thedenominatordegreesoffreedomfortheF-testof“overallsignificance”is:
(a)78(b)79(c)80(d)6(e)7
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二(10marks)
(a)Isthisestimatorunbiased?
(4marks)
(b)Findthevarianceofthisestimator.(4marks)
(c)Whichoftheobservationswouldyouchoosetocalculatetheestimate?
Justifyyouranswer.(2marks)
三.(15marks,ABCDEeach3marks)
Supposeyouhaveestimatedthefollowinglinearprobabilitymodelexplaining401(k)
eligibilityintermsofofincome,age,andgender:
B)Holdingotherfactorsfixed,foranindividualwithfamilyincomeof$200000,ifannualincomeincreasesby$1000,whathappenstotheprobabilityof401(k)eligibility?
C)Istherestatisticallysignificantevidenceofgenderdiscrimination?
(showteststatistic,criticalvalue,rejectionrule,etc.)
D)Now,wespecifythefollowingversionoftheabovemodel:
E)Usingtheestimationresultsfromtheoriginalmodel,
predictthe401(k)eligibilityofapersonwiththefollowingcharacteristics:
inc=100;age=30,andfemale.Doesthepredictedprobabilitymakesense?
四(10marks,a,beach5marks)
五(15marks,abceach5marks)
Considerthefollowingsimultaneousequationsmodel
六(10marks,a,beach5marks)
Instudyingthemovementintheproductionworkersshareinthevalue
added,thefollowingmodelswereconsidered:
中级计量经济学-金融SY0601A卷标准答案
一Readeachquestioncarefullyandselectthebestresponse.Circletheappropriateletteroftheresponseandfillinthecorrespondingcircleonyouranswersheet.(1×25=25points)
ACDDB6-10DCE11-1516-20
二(10marks)
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