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A00-240 SAS Institute SAS Statistical Business Analysis SAS9: Regression and Model Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

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Refer to the exhibit:

The box plot was used to analyze daily sales data following three different ad campaigns.

The business analyst concludes that one of the assumptions of ANOVA was violated.

Which assumption has been violated and why?

A.

Normality, because Prob > F < .0001.

B.

Normality, because the interquartile ranges are different in different ad campaigns.

C.

Constant variance, because Prob > F < .0001.

D.

Constant variance, because the interquartile ranges are different in different ad campaigns.

When mean imputation is performed on data after the data is partitioned for honest assessment, what is the most appropriate method for handling the mean imputation?

A.

The sample means from the validation data set are applied to the training and test data sets.

B.

The sample means from the training data set are applied to the validation and test data sets.

C.

The sample means from the test data set are applied to the training and validation data sets.

D.

The sample means from each partition of the data are applied to their own partition.

A non-contributing predictor variable (Pr > |t| =0.658) is added to an existing multiple linear regression model.

What will be the result?

A.

An increase in R-Square

B.

A decrease in R-Square

C.

A decrease in Mean Square Error

D.

No change in R-Square

Identify the correct SAS program for fitting a multiple linear regression model with dependent variable (y) and four predictor variables (x1-x4).

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

A linear model has the following characteristics:

• A dependent variable (y)

• One continuous variable (x1)

• One categorical (с1 with 3 levels) predictor variable and an interaction term (с1 by x1)

How many parameters, including the intercept, will be estimated for this model?

Enter your numeric answer in the space below.

Refer to the REG procedure output:

An analyst has selected this model as a champion because it shows better model fit than a competing model with more predictors.

Which statistic justifies this rationale?

A.

R-Square

B.

Coeff Var

C.

Adj R-Sq

D.

Error DF

A non-contributing predictor variable (Pr > |t| = 0.658) is removed from an existing multiple linear regression model.

What will be the result?

A.

An increase in R-Square

B.

A decrease in R-Square

C.

A decrease in Mean Square Error

D.

No change in R-Square

Refer to the following odds ratio table:

What is a correct interpretation of the estimate?

A.

The odds of the event are 1.142 greater for each one dollar increase in salary.

B.

The odds of the event are 1.142 greater for each one thousand dollar increase in salary.

C.

The probability of the event is 1.142 greater for each one dollar increase in salary.

D.

The probability of the event is 1.142 greater for each one thousand dollar increase in salary.

A financial services manager wants to assess the probability that certain clients will default on their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC). A former employee left the code listed below.

The training data set is named HELOC, while a similar data set of more recent clients is named RECENT_HELOC.

Which SAS data steps will calculate the predicted probability of default on recent clients? (Choose two.)

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

The total modeling data has been split into training, validation, and test data.

What is the best data to use for model assessment?

A.

Training data

B.

Total data

C.

Test data

D.

Validation data

Which of the following describes a concordant pair of observations in the LOGISTIC procedure?

A.

An observation with the event has an equal probability as another observation with the event.

B.

An observation with the event has a lower predicted probability than the observation without the event.

C.

An observation with the event has an equal predicted probability as the observation without the event.

D.

An observation with the event has a higher predicted probability than the observation without the event

A predictive model uses a data set that has several variables with missing values.

What two problems can arise with this model? (Choose two.)

A.

The model will likely be overfit.

B.

There will be a high rate of collinearity among input variables.

C.

Complete case analysis means that fewer observations will be used in the model building process.

D.

New cases with missing values on input variables cannot be scored without extra data processing.

This question will ask you to provide a segment of missing code.

The following code is used to create missing value indicator variables for input variables, fred1 to fred7.

Which segment of code would complete the task?

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

Refer to the exhibit:

SAS output from the RSQUARE selection method, within the REG procedure, is shown. The top two models in each subset are given.

Based on the AIC statistic, which model is the champion model?

A.

Age Weight RunTime RunPulse MaxPulse

B.

Age Weight RunTime RunPulse RestPulse MaxPulse

C.

RestPulse

D.

RunTime

In order to perform honest assessment on a predictive model, what is an acceptable division between training, validation, and testing data?

A.

Training: 50% Validation: 0% Testing: 50%

B.

Training: 100% Validation: 0% Testing: 0%

C.

Training: 0% Validation: 100% Testing: 0%

D.

Training: 50% Validation: 50% Testing: 0%

The selection criterion used in the forward selection method in the GLMSELECT procedure is:

A.

RSQ

B.

MSE

C.

R-squared

D.

AIC

Screening for non-linearity in binary logistic regression can be achieved by visualizing:

A.

A scatter plot of binary response versus a predictor variable.

B.

A trend plot of empirical logit versus a predictor variable.

C.

A logistic regression plot of predicted probability values versus a predictor variable.

D.

A box plot of the odds ratio values versus a predictor variable.

The standard form of a linear regression model is:

Which statement best summarizes the assumptions placed on the errors?

A.

The errors are correlated, normally distributed with constant mean and zero variance.

B.

The errors are correlated, normally distributed with zero mean and constant variance.

C.

The errors are independent, normally distributed with constant mean and zero variance.

D.

The errors are independent, normally distributed with zero mean and constant variance.

The following LOGISTIC procedure output analyzes the relationship between a binary response and an ordinal predictor variable, wrist_size Using reference cell coding, the analyst selects Large (L) as the reference level.

What is the estimated logit for a person with large wrist size?

Click the calculator button to display a calculator if needed.

A.

0.0819

B.

0.5663

C.

-3.7727

D.

-1.0415

Customers were surveyed to assess their intent to purchase a product. An analyst divided the customers into groups defined by the company's pre-assigned market segments and tested for difference in the customers' average intent to purchase. The following is the output from the GLM procedure:

What percentage of customers' intent to purchase is explained by market segment?

Click the calculator button to display a calculator if needed.

A.

<0.01%

B.

35%

C.

65%

D.

76%

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