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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Attractiveness = 4.85 − 0.03 × (Age <strong>of</strong> woman) − 0.85 × beardwhere beard is a dummy variable taking the value 1 if the man has abeard, <strong>and</strong> 0 if they have light stubble. From the output Carol saw thatthe age coefficient was not significant, so there is no difference in opinionregarding attractiveness between young <strong>and</strong> old women. Thankfullythough she noticed that having a beard had a highly significant effecton the attractiveness score, so she redid the analysis removing age fromthe analysis <strong>and</strong> got this new equation:Attractiveness = 4.245 − 0.8467 × beardInterpreting this equation Carol could tell Fred that the average attractivenessscore for a man with light stubble was 4.245, but the averagescore for a man with a beard was 3.3983 (calculated from 4.245 -0.8467). She hoped that playing on Fred’s vanity (<strong>and</strong> love <strong>of</strong> statistics)this would be enough to convince him not to grow a beard.266

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