Twenty-One Executives in a Large Corporation Were Randomly Selected for a Study

question 32

Multiple Choice

Twenty-one executives in a large corporation were randomly selected for a study to determine the effect of several factors on annual salary (expressed in $000's) .The factors selected were age,seniority,years of college,number of company divisions they had been exposed to and the level of their responsibility.A regression analysis was performed using a popular spreadsheet program with the following regression output: Which one of the following is the dependent variable?

• A)Age
• B)Seniority
• C)Level of responsibility
• D)Annual salary
• E)Experience in number of company divisions

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