Task: I have a few different regression results, and need some help interpreting them. On a few, I put some of my answers to the questions in brackets - I'd like to know if I am correct, if not, some assistance would be appreciated.
The results are as follows
A. PSoda Hat = .956 + .1149882 PrBlack + 1.60 income
Where:
P Soda is the price of soda
Pr Black is the proportion of the population that is black
Hat = an estimated value
---- How do we interpret the coefficient on PrBlack? {I interpreted it as a 1% increase in the proportion of black population increases the price of soda by 11.49%}
-- How does this estimate in A compare to the output:
PSoda Hat = 1.037 + 0.6492 PrBlack {I interpreted this as areas with a proportion of black population spend 6.49% more on soda, all else equal. The previous model estimated provides us with a greater coefficient on the income variable than this one}
B. Log (P Soda) Hat = -.7937 + .1215 Pr Black + .765 Log (income)
---How doe we interpret the effect of Pr Black
I add the variable PPov (proportion in poverty) to the model in B and estimate the following:
Log (P Soda) Hat = -1.46 + .07280 Pr Black + .136 Log (income) + .3803 PPov
----What happens to the coefficient of Pr Black, and does it make sense?
C. The correlation between log(income) and PPov is -.8648 ... does this affect the model estimated above?