Hi everybody!
I just have a quick question. I have been running cross-sectional OLS regressions, and my coefficients are significant (p-value almost zero) however I realize that I often get strange R-squared values which are either very close to zero or negative. Is this a problem with Eviews or does that mean that my regressions do not work?
R-squared
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Re: R-squared
Have you left a constant out of the regression?
Re: R-squared
Now I tried with a constant but my R-squared value is 0.000352
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Re: R-squared
There is not necessarily anything wrong, but you might post a screen shot of your output, along with describing what your variables are, to see if anyone has any suggestions.
Re: R-squared
Thank you very much So I paste one of my regressions. I am just regressing a portfolio's total beta on its return as below. (total portfolio beta=betam1+betam2-betam3-betam4 and RET=portfolio return)
I'm happy about the positive and significant coefficient but am just worried about the strange R-squared value. Thanks a lot again!
Dependent Variable: RET?
Method: Pooled Least Squares
Date: 08/03/12 Time: 23:11
Sample: 11 1910
Included observations: 1900
Cross-sections included: 8
Total pool (balanced) observations: 15200
Variable Coefficient Std. Error t-Statistic Prob.
BETAM1?+BETAM2?-BETAM3?-BETAM4? 0.034173 0.012899 2.649198 0.0081
R-squared 0.000345 Mean dependent var 4.81E+09
Adjusted R-squared 0.000345 S.D. dependent var 4.44E+11
S.E. of regression 4.44E+11 Akaike info criterion 56.47765
Sum squared resid 3.00E+27 Schwarz criterion 56.47815
Log likelihood -429229.1 Hannan-Quinn criter. 56.47781
Durbin-Watson stat 2.001845
I'm happy about the positive and significant coefficient but am just worried about the strange R-squared value. Thanks a lot again!
Dependent Variable: RET?
Method: Pooled Least Squares
Date: 08/03/12 Time: 23:11
Sample: 11 1910
Included observations: 1900
Cross-sections included: 8
Total pool (balanced) observations: 15200
Variable Coefficient Std. Error t-Statistic Prob.
BETAM1?+BETAM2?-BETAM3?-BETAM4? 0.034173 0.012899 2.649198 0.0081
R-squared 0.000345 Mean dependent var 4.81E+09
Adjusted R-squared 0.000345 S.D. dependent var 4.44E+11
S.E. of regression 4.44E+11 Akaike info criterion 56.47765
Sum squared resid 3.00E+27 Schwarz criterion 56.47815
Log likelihood -429229.1 Hannan-Quinn criter. 56.47781
Durbin-Watson stat 2.001845
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- Non-normality and collinearity are NOT problems!
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Re: R-squared
You need to include a constant for this to make sense. If you are still getting a signicant coefficient with a constant included, then everything's probably okay. You have a very large number of observations which is what leads to a low R-square with significant t-stats.
Re: R-squared
Now I understand Thank you so much for the clarification! Have a wonderful day!
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