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TABLE 14-15
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) ,mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries) ,and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state.
Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable,X1 = Salaries and X2 = Spending: TABLE 14-15 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) ,mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries) ,and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable,X<sub>1 </sub>= Salaries and X<sub>2</sub> = Spending:   -Referring to Table 14-15,which of the following is a correct statement? A) 18.26% of the total variation in the percentage of students passing the proficiency test can be explained by mean teacher salary and instructional spending per pupil. B) 18.26% of the total variation in the percentage of students passing the proficiency test can be explained by mean teacher salary and instructional spending per pupil after adjusting for the number of predictors and sample size. C) 18.26% of the total variation in the percentage of students passing the proficiency test can be explained by mean teacher salary holding constant the effect of instructional spending per pupil. D) 18.26% of the total variation in the percentage of students passing the proficiency test can be explained by instructional spending per pupil holding constant the effect of mean teacher salary.
-Referring to Table 14-15,which of the following is a correct statement?


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