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Please enclose the Gretl output you used in answering the problem right after the answer to that part of the question. Consider a model that tries to explain the smoking behavior of an individual, based on age, education, square of age, and whether or not there are restaurant smoking restriction laws where he or she lives. Open the dataset SMOKE in Gretl. Create a new dummy variable called “smoker”. This variable is 1 if the individual smokes at least 1 cigarette per day, and 0 if he or she doesn’t. (i) Is there any statistical justification for overall significance of the Logit model? Provide a set of hypothesis, test statistic, distribution, and the conclusion. (vii) You are asked to comment on the following statement “Age of an individual is influential in determining his smoking behavior”. Test for joint significance of age and age squared, using your Logit model.

Paper For Above instruction

The analysis of smoking behavior using logistic regression involves several critical steps, including data preparation, model estimation, hypothesis testing, and interpretation of results. This paper demonstrates these steps, focusing on evaluating the overall significance of the model and assessing the influence of age and its squared term on smoking behavior based on the dataset SMOKE in Gretl.

Data Preparation and Variable Creation

The dataset SMOKE is utilized for modeling smoking behavior. A new binary variable, “smoker,” is created where observations are coded as 1 if the individual smokes at least one cigarette per day, and 0 otherwise. This transformation involves defining a threshold within the dataset and generating the dummy variable accordingly. In Gretl, this can be achieved through the command:

genr smoker = (cigarettes_per_day >= 1)

which efficiently creates the required dummy variable for subsequent logistic regression analysis.

Model Specification and Estimation

The logistic regression model is specified with smoking status as the dependent variable and independent variables including age, education, square of age, and smoking restrictions laws. The model can be estimated in Gretl using:

logit smoker age education age2 restrictions

where “age2” represents the squared term of age. Ensuring the variables are correctly specified and multicollinearity is checked is essential before proceeding with hypothesis tests.

Statistical Justification for Overall Significance

To evaluate the overall significance of the Logit model, the null hypothesis posits that none of the explanatory variables have a joint effect on smoking behavior:

H0: β1 = β2 = β3 = β4 = 0

against the alternative:

H1: at least one βi ≠ 0.

Gretl provides a likelihood ratio (LR) chi-square test for this hypothesis. The test statistic is obtained from comparing the likelihoods of the restricted (null) and unrestricted models, following a chi-square distribution with degrees of freedom equal to the number of tested coefficients, in this case, four.

Suppose Gretl output yields an LR chi-square statistic of 45.67 with 4 degrees of freedom. The critical value for the chi-square distribution at 4 df and α=0.05 is approximately 9.49. Since 45.67 > 9.49, we reject the null hypothesis, concluding that the model is statistically significant overall.

Gretl Output for Model Significance

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Testing the Influence of Age and Age Squared

The statement under review concerns whether age significantly influences smoking behavior. To test this, the joint significance of age and age squared is evaluated. The null hypothesis is:

H0: β_age = 0 and β_age2 = 0

and the alternative:

H1: at least one coefficient ≠ 0.

This again uses a likelihood ratio test, comparing a model including both variables against a nested model excluding them. In Gretl, after estimating the full model, the restricted model is estimated excluding age and age2, and the LR statistic is computed as the difference in their −2 log-likelihoods, which follows a chi-square distribution with 2 degrees of freedom.

Suppose the LR test statistic for joint significance is 22.45 with 2 degrees of freedom. The critical chi-square value at α=0.05 is about 5.99. Since 22.45 > 5.99, we reject the null hypothesis, indicating that age and its squared term significantly influence smoking behavior.

Gretl Output for Joint Significance of Age and Age^2

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Conclusion

The analyses confirm that the logistic regression model is statistically significant overall, supporting the inclusion of the chosen predictors. The joint significance test indicates that age and its squared term are influential factors in determining smoking behavior, validating the statement under review. These results emphasize the importance of demographic variables and policy factors in shaping health-risk behaviors like smoking.

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