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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:   -True or False: Referring to Table 14-15,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.
-True or False: Referring to Table 14-15,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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