In Testing the Hypotheses: H₀ $\beta$ ₁ = 0 Vs $\beta$ ₁ $\neq$

question 168

Multiple Choice

In testing the hypotheses: H₀: $\beta$ ₁ = 0 vs. H₀: $\beta$ ₁ $\neq$ 0, the following statistics are available: $n = 10$ , $b _ { 0 } = - 1.8$ , $b _ { 1 } = 2.45$ , $s _ { b _ { 1 } } = 1.20$ , and $\hat { y } = 6$ . The value of the test statistic is:

• A)2.042
• B)0.306
• C)-1.50
• D)-0.300

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