TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................. ii
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. iii
Chapter 1: Introduction............................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Iron Ore ............................................................................................................................. 3
1.1 Brief History of Iron Ore Trade ....................................................................................... 5
1.2 Motivation........................................................................................................................ 9
1.3 Summary of Chapters ..................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 2: Literature Review ................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 3: Multi Regression Model ......................................................................................... 18
3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 18
3.2 Data ................................................................................................................................ 19
3.3 Assumptions.................................................................................................................... 19
3.4 Developing Multi Regression Model............................................................................. 27
3.4.1 Fit of the regression model .......................................................................................... 28
3.4.2 Statistical inferences for the model ............................................................................. 30
3.4.3 ANOVA Table for Multiple Regression..................................................................... 31
3.5 Interim analysis of results............................................................................................... 32
3.6 Stepwise Regression Model ........................................................................................... 33
Chapter 4: Analysis of Results ................................................................................................. 38
4.1 Results from Step-wise Regression Model .................................................................... 38
4.2 Validation of Step-wise Regression Model ................................................................... 38
Chapter 5: Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 43
Bibliography............................................................................................................................. 44
Appendix 1............................................................................................................................... 47