Math Midterm II Flashcards

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How to take a derivative (i.e., how to find the slope of a curve) words

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For terms with exponents, bring down the exponent and then subtract one from the exponent.

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To compute the slope of a logit and probit…

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we must pick our values of X, and compute the slope at that point. Often, this is done at the mean value of X.

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The consequence of measurement error in the dependent variable is …

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that there is less precision in the estimates of the coefficients (e.e., higher standard errors).

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A larger sample size can mitigate the problem of

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of measurement error in the dependent variable (but that doesn’t help mitigate bias caused by measurement error in the independent variable. )

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