¥Test for
Significance of Linear Regression
HThis is
done by testing whether additional parameters significantly improve the
fit
åFor
simple case
H
Y = b0 + b1X1 + e

å
H
0:
b1 = 0
å
H
1:
b1 0
åFor
general case 
å
Y =
b0 + b1X1 +
b2X2 +
É,+ bq-1Xq-1 + bqXq +
É + bp-1Xp-1 +
e
å
H
0:
bq = bq+1 = ...
= bp-1 = 0
å
H
a:
bk 0, for some k, q ² k ² p-1
å
åFreg is the F-statistic for
determining if Full model significantly improved on the
reduced model
íNOTE: This F-statistic is
assumed to have a central F-distribution. This is not the case when there is a lack of fit