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The regression line passes through two points: Given one independent variable and one dependent (outcome) variable, the OLS model is specified as:
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and It is estimated as:
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It can be [[Econometrics/OrdinaryLeastSquares/UnivariateProof|proven]] that the slope of the regression line is equal to: This model describes (1) the mean observation and (2) the marginal changes to the outcome per unit changes in the independent variable.
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The generic formula for the regression line is:

{{attachment:b13.svg}}		 The derivation can be seen [[Econometrics/OrdinaryLeastSquares/Univariate|here]].
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Given ''k'' independent variables, the OLS model is specified as:

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It is estimated as:

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More conventionally, this is estimated with [[LinearAlgebra|linear algebra]] as:

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The derivation can be seen [[Econometrics/OrdinaryLeastSquares/Multivariate|here]].
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== Linear Model ==

The linear model can be expressed as:

{{attachment:model1.svg}}		 == Estimated Coefficients ==
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Then OLS is the best linear unbiased estimator ('''BLUE''') for these coefficients.

Using the computation above, the coefficients are estimated to produce:

{{attachment:model2.svg}}		 Then OLS is the best linear unbiased estimator ('''BLUE''') for regression coefficients.

Ordinary Least Squares

Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) is a linear regression method. It minimizes root mean square errors.

Contents

  1. Ordinary Least Squares
    1. Univariate
    2. Multivariate
    3. Estimated Coefficients

Univariate

Given one independent variable and one dependent (outcome) variable, the OLS model is specified as:

model.svg

It is estimated as:

estimate.svg

This model describes (1) the mean observation and (2) the marginal changes to the outcome per unit changes in the independent variable.

The derivation can be seen here.

Multivariate

Given k independent variables, the OLS model is specified as:

mmodel.svg

It is estimated as:

mestimate.svg

More conventionally, this is estimated with linear algebra as:

matrix.svg

The derivation can be seen here.

Estimated Coefficients

If these assumptions can be made:

  1. Linearity

  2. Exogeneity

  3. Random sampling
  4. No perfect multicolinearity

  5. Homoskedasticity

Then OLS is the best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE) for regression coefficients.

The variances for each coefficient are:

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Note that the standard deviation of the population's parameter is unknown, so it's estimated like:

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If the homoskedasticity assumption does not hold, then the estimators for each coefficient are actually:

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Wherein, for example, r1j is the residual from regressing x1 onto x2, ... xk.

The variances for each coefficient can be estimated with the Eicker-White formula:

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See Nicolai Kuminoff's video lectures for the derivation of the robust estimators.

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