Lower limit on R squared with two weak regressors
Question
OLS regressions of on alone and on alone (each with an intercept) both have . What is the largest value that is guaranteed to bound the of the regression of on both and from below?
Short answer
. Including an extra regressor cannot reduce the explained variance, so the joint is at least ; it equals when, for instance, is identical to and adds no information.
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- Simple Linear Regression: OLS Estimators and Geometry
- Multiple Linear Regression
- Populations, Samples, and Sampling Distributions
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