Volume 2 - No 5
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF BRAZILIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRYUSING SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION
Abstract
This study is a statistical analysis of data of Gross Domestic Product (PIB) of the Brazilian civil
construction sector, seeking to establish a line of progression and consequently a tendency of
evolution of even using simple linear regression method and then correlating this evolution with the
production of raw materials for the processing industry for the civil construction sector, in order to
investigate if such correlation shown consistent to the point of being able to take both the PIB of
sector, as the production of inputs for the same, as separate indicators showing the same trend.
Before the treatment, such a correlation was checked as consistent as possible, with the assumption that PIB is a direct indicator of vitality in the sector, measurement of the level of industrial
production for the same inputs can also be used to measure its vitality.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 505-514
Author's Name: Anselmo Galvão Passos, Marcelo Augusto Costa Maciel, Mariana Rezende Doria, Robson Barbosa Oliveira and Suzana Leitão Russo
Volume: Volume 2
Issues: No 5
Keywords: Construction industry, gross domestic product, simply linear regression.
Year: 2012
Month: December
Pages: 505-514