Research Article

Applying Econometrics to the Carbon Dioxide “Control Knob”

Table 2

First-differenced regression of Gistemp temperature anomalies on total noncondensing GHG-radiative forcing.
(a)

Regression statistics

Multiple 𝑅 0.183
𝑅 square0.033
Adjusted 𝑅 square−0.001
Standard error16.467
Observations30
Durbin Watson2.760

(b) ANOVA

dfSSMS 𝐹

Regression1262.454262.4540.968
Residual287592.513271.161

Total297854.967

(c)

CoefficientsStandard error 𝑡 stat 𝑃 value

Intercept−10.07312.601−0.7990.431
dTotalRF339.775345.3660.9840.334