TABLE 13-9 It Is Believed That, the Average Numbers of Hours Spent

question 75

Multiple Choice

TABLE 13-9
It is believed that, the average numbers of hours spent studying per day (HOURS) during undergraduate education should have a positive linear relationship with the starting salary (SALARY, measured in thousands of dollars per month) after graduation. Given below is the Excel output from regressing starting salary on number of hours spent studying per day for a sample of 51 students.
Note: Some of the numbers in the output are purposely erased.

-Referring to Table 13-9, the degrees of freedom for testing whether HOURS affects SALARY are

• A) 1, 49
• B) 1, 50
• C) 49, 1
• D) 50, 1

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Definitions:

Vicarious Modelling

A learning process wherein individuals modify their behaviors based on observing the actions and consequences experienced by others.

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The belief in one’s own ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.

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