Exhibit 13-5
Below You Are Given a Partial Minitab Output

question 142

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 13-5
Below you are given a partial Minitab output based on a sample of 25 observations.
$\begin{array}{lcc}&\text { Coefficient }&\text { Standard Error }\\\text { Constant } & 145.321 & 48.682 \\\mathrm{X}_{1} & 25.625 & 9.150 \\\mathrm{X}_{2} & -5.720 & 3.575 \\\mathrm{X}_{3} & 0.823 & 0.183\end{array}$
-Refer to Exhibit 13-5. We want to test whether the parameter ?? is significant. The test statistic equals

• A) 0.357
• B) 2.8
• C) 14
• D) 1.96

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