A sample of 200 monthly observations is used to run a simple linear regression: Returns = β0 + β1 Leverage + ε. A 5% level of significance is used to study if leverage has a significant influence on returns. The value of the test statistic for the regression coefficient of Leverage is calculated as t198 = –1.09, with an associated p-value of 0.2770. The correct decision is to ________.
Null Hypothesis - Leverage does not have a significant influence on returns ( that is beta1 is not significant that is beta1=0)
Alternate Hypothesis - Leverage has a significant influence on returns ( that is beta1 is significant that is beta1 is non zero)
We reject the null hypothesis if the p-value of the statistic is less than the level of significance (alpha)
Given - p-value =0.2770 alpha = 0.05
Since p-value > alpha => We fail to reject the null hypothesis that is we conclude that leverage does not have a significant influence on returns
The correct decision is to accept the null hypothesis
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