TABLE 14-2 A Professor of Industrial Relations Believes That an Individual's Wage

question 97

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TABLE 14-2
A professor of industrial relations believes that an individual's wage rate at a factory (Y) depends on his performance rating (X₁) and the number of economics courses the employee successfully completed in college (X₂) . The professor randomly selects 6 workers and collects the following information:
-Referring to Table 14-2, an employee who took 12 economics courses scores 10 on the performance rating. What is her estimated expected wage rate?

• A) 10.90
• B) 12.20
• C) 24.87
• D) 25.70

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