In: Statistics and Probability
Please evaluate the correlation matrix below, assuming stock price is the response variable in a series of multiple regression equations you plan to run. If you are using this as a diagnostic tool, what are you looking for? If this was your data, how would you proceed?
| 
 Stock Price  | 
 Competitiveness  | 
 Innovativeness  | 
 Firm Size  | 
 Firm Age  | 
|
| 
 Stock Price  | 
 1.0  | 
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| 
 Competitiveness  | 
 .73  | 
 1.0  | 
|||
| 
 Innovativeness  | 
 .49  | 
 .81  | 
 1.0  | 
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| 
 Firm Size  | 
 .17  | 
 .12  | 
 .03  | 
 1.0  | 
|
| 
 Firm Age  | 
 .26  | 
 -.31  | 
 -.49  | 
 .62  | 
 1.0  |