SCENARIO 14-15 the Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict the Predict

question 107

Short Answer

SCENARIO 14-15
The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixthgrade proficiency test. She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing), mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state.
Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable, X₁ = Salaries and X ₂ = Spending:


-Referring to Scenario 14-15,what is the value of the test statistic when testing whether mean teacher salary has any effect on percentage of students passing the proficiency test,considering the effect of instructional spending per pupil?

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