05, age is a statistically significant predictor of income.
Age: Each one year increase in age is associated with an average increase of $1,471.67 in income.Since an individual can’t be zero years old, it doesn’t make sense to interpret the intercept by itself in this particular regression model. Intercept: The intercept represents the average income for a single individual who is zero years old.Here is how to interpret the regression coefficients from the table: For example, an individual who is 35 years old and married is estimated to have an income of $68,264: We can use this equation to find the estimated income for an individual based on their age and marital status. Next, fill in the following information and then click OK.įrom the output we can see that the fitted regression line is: In the window that pops up, click Regression and then click OK. If you don’t see this option available, you need to first load the Analysis Toolpak. To perform multiple linear regression, we need to click the Data tab along the top ribbon, then Data Analysis within the Analysis section: Next, we can use these dummy variables in a regression model to predict income. Here is the formula we used in cell G2, which we copied down to the rest of the cells in column G: = IF(C2 = "Married", 1, 0)Īnd here is the formula we used in cell H2, which we copied down to the rest of the cells in column H: = IF(C2 = "Divorced", 1, 0) Next, we can copy the values in columns A and B to columns E and F, then use the IF() function in Excel to define two new dummy variables: Married and Divorced. Step 1: Create the Dataįirst, let’s create the dataset in Excel: This tutorial provides a step-by-step example of how to create dummy variables for this exact dataset in Excel and then perform regression analysis using these dummy variables as predictors. Here’s how we would convert marital status into dummy variables: To create this dummy variable, we can let “Single” be our baseline value since it occurs most often. Since it is currently a categorical variable that can take on three different values (“Single”, “Married”, or “Divorced”), we need to create k-1 = 3-1 = 2 dummy variables. To use marital status as a predictor variable in a regression model, we must convert it into a dummy variable. A dummy variable is a type of variable that we create in regression analysis so that we can represent a categorical variable as a numerical variable that takes on one of two values: zero or one.įor example, suppose we have the following dataset and we would like to use age and marital status to predict income:
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