I: Introduction:

In this project, we aim to develop a multiple linear regression model to predict the number of active physicians in 1990 (Y) using explanatory variables from the CDI2 dataset. The analysis aims to explore the relationship between the response variable and predictors such as population demographics, socioeconomic factors, and geographic regions to identify significant predictors.

II. Explanatory Data Analysis:

## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Y ~ X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 + X5 + X6 + X7 + X8 + X9 + 
##     X10, data = cdi)
## 
## Residuals:
##      Min       1Q   Median       3Q      Max 
## -1807.46  -123.83     2.45    99.55  2166.55 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate   Std. Error t value             Pr(>|t|)    
## (Intercept) -861.7972194  228.5814978  -3.770             0.000186 ***
## X1             0.0104726    0.0133407   0.785             0.432883    
## X2            -0.0019568    0.0002703  -7.240     0.00000000000209 ***
## X3            21.7330229    5.4960655   3.954     0.00008977916614 ***
## X4             2.3681769    5.8668940   0.404             0.686671    
## X5             0.4899088    0.0246557  19.870 < 0.0000000000000002 ***
## X6            -0.0010822    0.0007331  -1.476             0.140643    
## X7             8.9006586    5.4373202   1.637             0.102373    
## X8            -9.2467116    9.4466768  -0.979             0.328215    
## X9             0.1468216    0.0104644  14.031 < 0.0000000000000002 ***
## X10           41.0279640   20.1457105   2.037             0.042308 *  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 364.8 on 429 degrees of freedom
## Multiple R-squared:  0.9594, Adjusted R-squared:  0.9585 
## F-statistic:  1014 on 10 and 429 DF,  p-value: < 0.00000000000000022
##    (Intercept)             X5             X9             X2             X3 
## -844.442972913    0.505978117    0.140416515   -0.001870581   21.510091334 
##            X10             X6 
##   56.971930685   -0.001111988
##    (Intercept)             X2             X3             X5             X6 
## -844.442972913   -0.001870581   21.510091334    0.505978117   -0.001111988 
##             X9            X10 
##    0.140416515   56.971930685
##    (Intercept)             X5             X9             X2             X3 
## -844.442972913    0.505978117    0.140416515   -0.001870581   21.510091334 
##            X10             X6 
##   56.971930685   -0.001111988
##    (Intercept)             X2             X3             X5             X6 
## -844.442972913   -0.001870581   21.510091334    0.505978117   -0.001111988 
##             X9            X10 
##    0.140416515   56.971930685
##    (Intercept)             X5             X9             X2             X3 
## -827.465755236    0.500564060    0.146022436   -0.002065138   21.310719958 
##            X10 
##   56.491145059
##    (Intercept)             X2             X3             X5             X9 
## -827.465755236   -0.002065138   21.310719958    0.500564060    0.146022436 
##            X10 
##   56.491145059
##    (Intercept)             X5             X9             X2             X3 
## -827.465755236    0.500564060    0.146022436   -0.002065138   21.310719958 
##            X10 
##   56.491145059
##    (Intercept)             X2             X3             X5             X9 
## -827.465755236   -0.002065138   21.310719958    0.500564060    0.146022436 
##            X10 
##   56.491145059
##                         model p     adjR2         CP       BIC
## 1                        Y,X5 2 0.9031620 584.925122 -1016.105
## 2                        Y,X5 2 0.9473357 584.925122 -1016.105
## 3                        Y,X5 2 0.9549641 584.925122 -1016.105
## 4                        Y,X5 2 0.9574870 584.925122 -1016.105
## 5                        Y,X5 2 0.9583746 584.925122 -1016.105
## 6                        Y,X5 2 0.9585061 584.925122 -1016.105
## 7                        Y,X5 2 0.9585955 584.925122 -1016.105
## 8                        Y,X5 2 0.9585673 584.925122 -1016.105
## 9                     Y,X5,X9 3 0.9031620 119.950861 -1279.029
## 10                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9473357 119.950861 -1279.029
## 11                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9549641 119.950861 -1279.029
## 12                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9574870 119.950861 -1279.029
## 13                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9583746 119.950861 -1279.029
## 14                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9585061 119.950861 -1279.029
## 15                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9585955 119.950861 -1279.029
## 16                    Y,X5,X9 3 0.9585673 119.950861 -1279.029
## 17                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9031620  40.627441 -1342.800
## 18                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9473357  40.627441 -1342.800
## 19                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9549641  40.627441 -1342.800
## 20                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9574870  40.627441 -1342.800
## 21                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9583746  40.627441 -1342.800
## 22                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9585061  40.627441 -1342.800
## 23                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9585955  40.627441 -1342.800
## 24                 Y,X2,X5,X9 4 0.9585673  40.627441 -1342.800
## 25              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9031620  15.127747 -1363.090
## 26              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9473357  15.127747 -1363.090
## 27              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9549641  15.127747 -1363.090
## 28              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9574870  15.127747 -1363.090
## 29              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9583746  15.127747 -1363.090
## 30              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9585061  15.127747 -1363.090
## 31              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9585955  15.127747 -1363.090
## 32              Y,X2,X3,X5,X9 5 0.9585673  15.127747 -1363.090
## 33          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9031620   6.832758 -1367.299
## 34          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9473357   6.832758 -1367.299
## 35          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9549641   6.832758 -1367.299
## 36          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9574870   6.832758 -1367.299
## 37          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9583746   6.832758 -1367.299
## 38          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9585061   6.832758 -1367.299
## 39          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9585955   6.832758 -1367.299
## 40          Y,X2,X3,X5,X9,X10 6 0.9585673   6.832758 -1367.299
## 41       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9031620   6.460024 -1363.620
## 42       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9473357   6.460024 -1363.620
## 43       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9549641   6.460024 -1363.620
## 44       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9574870   6.460024 -1363.620
## 45       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9583746   6.460024 -1363.620
## 46       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9585061   6.460024 -1363.620
## 47       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9585955   6.460024 -1363.620
## 48       Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X9,X10 7 0.9585673   6.460024 -1363.620
## 49    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9031620   6.531748 -1359.499
## 50    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9473357   6.531748 -1359.499
## 51    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9549641   6.531748 -1359.499
## 52    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9574870   6.531748 -1359.499
## 53    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9583746   6.531748 -1359.499
## 54    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9585061   6.531748 -1359.499
## 55    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9585955   6.531748 -1359.499
## 56    Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X9,X10 8 0.9585673   6.531748 -1359.499
## 57 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9031620   7.827656 -1354.133
## 58 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9473357   7.827656 -1354.133
## 59 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9549641   7.827656 -1354.133
## 60 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9574870   7.827656 -1354.133
## 61 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9583746   7.827656 -1354.133
## 62 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9585061   7.827656 -1354.133
## 63 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9585955   7.827656 -1354.133
## 64 Y,X2,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9,X10 9 0.9585673   7.827656 -1354.133

model: Y~ X2 X3 X5 X9 X10 bc get from AIC and CPmallows

##  1  2  8 12 21 34 36 43 48 50 53 67 
##  1  2  8 12 21 34 36 43 48 50 53 67

## 
##  Shapiro-Wilk normality test
## 
## data:  ei
## W = 0.81338, p-value < 0.00000000000000022
## 
##  Fligner-Killeen test of homogeneity of variances
## 
## data:  cdi$ei and cdi$Group
## Fligner-Killeen:med chi-squared = 99.399, df = 1, p-value <
## 0.00000000000000022
## [1] 0.0000000000000000006595177
##              Y         X2         X3          X5         X9         X10
## Y   1.00000000 0.94024859 0.11969924  0.95046439 0.94811057  0.02464607
## X2  0.94024859 1.00000000 0.07837212  0.92373836 0.98674763  0.06943707
## X3  0.11969924 0.07837212 1.00000000  0.07453191 0.07116151  0.05241407
## X5  0.95046439 0.92373836 0.07453191  1.00000000 0.90206155 -0.00310692
## X9  0.94811057 0.98674763 0.07116151  0.90206155 1.00000000  0.03768546
## X10 0.02464607 0.06943707 0.05241407 -0.00310692 0.03768546  1.00000000
## 
##  Durbin-Watson test
## 
## data:  model
## DW = 2.2359, p-value = 0.9926
## alternative hypothesis: true autocorrelation is greater than 0
##   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  22  23 
##   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  22  23 
##  25  28  32  34  39  41  42  47  48  50  53  67  69  70  73 102 123 187 269 303 
##  25  28  32  34  39  41  42  47  48  50  53  67  69  70  73 102 123 187 269 303 
## 344 357 363 392 405 436 
## 344 357 363 392 405 436
##   1   2   3   4   5   6   8   9  10  11  12  16  18  19  21  22  24  25  28  32 
##   1   2   3   4   5   6   8   9  10  11  12  16  18  19  21  22  24  25  28  32 
##  34  36  39  43  47  48  50  52  53  58  67  72  73 168 258 363 418 
##  34  36  39  43  47  48  50  52  53  58  67  72  73 168 258 363 418

## [1]  1  2  8 12 34 48 50 53 67

we use standardize residual to find outliers and cook’s distance to find influential points. Then we use common lines between standsardize residual, influetial point and high leverage points as outliers that have to remove X2 X5 X9 are highly correlated.

## Analysis of Variance Table
## 
## Model 1: Y ~ X2 + X3 + X5 + X9 + X10
## Model 2: Y ~ X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 + X5 + X6 + X7 + X8 + X9 + X10
##   Res.Df     RSS Df Sum of Sq   F Pr(>F)
## 1      3 5975946                        
## 2      0       0  3   5975946 NaN    NaN
## (Intercept)          X2          X3          X5          X9         X10 
##  -9788.0579     -0.0023    293.5094      0.3920      0.1668    702.4431
##                         1 %          99 %
## (Intercept) -30811.63273428 11235.5169409
## X2              -0.01525614     0.0106055
## X3            -265.42939381   852.4481201
## X5              -1.06972935     1.8538239
## X9              -0.37480274     0.7083886
## X10          -2581.03868142  3985.9249380
## 
## Call:
## lm(formula = Y ~ X2 + X3 + X5 + X9 + X10, data = cdi_cleaned)
## 
## Residuals:
##      1      2      8     12     34     48     50     53     67 
##  255.3 -114.0 -796.2 -621.4 -417.3 1292.7 1479.8 -900.6 -178.3 
## 
## Coefficients:
##                 Estimate   Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)  
## (Intercept) -9788.057897  4630.026560  -2.114   0.1249  
## X2             -0.002325     0.002848  -0.817   0.4740  
## X3            293.509363   123.095207   2.384   0.0972 .
## X5              0.392047     0.321927   1.218   0.3103  
## X9              0.166793     0.119276   1.398   0.2564  
## X10           702.443128   723.121929   0.971   0.4030  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
## Residual standard error: 1411 on 3 degrees of freedom
## Multiple R-squared:  0.9848, Adjusted R-squared:  0.9595 
## F-statistic: 38.88 on 5 and 3 DF,  p-value: 0.006274