TABLE 17-8 the Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict the Predict

question 52

True/False

TABLE 17-8
The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing),daily mean of the percentage of students attending class (% Attendance),mean teacher salary in dollars (Salaries),and instructional spending per pupil in dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state.
Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable,X₁ = % Attendance,X₂ = Salaries and X₃ = Spending:
-True or False: Referring to Table 17-8,there is sufficient evidence that the percentage of students passing the proficiency test depends on at least one of the explanatory variables at a 5% level of significance.

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