SCENARIO 18-12 The Marketing Manager for a Nationally Franchised Lawn Service Company

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SCENARIO 18-12
The marketing manager for a nationally franchised lawn service company would like to study the characteristics that differentiate home owners who do and do not have a lawn service. A random sample of 30 home owners located in a suburban area near a large city was selected; 15 did not have a lawn service (code 0) and 15 had a lawn service (code 1). Additional information available concerning these 30 home owners includes family income (Income, in thousands of dollars), lawn size (Lawn Size, in thousands of square feet), attitude toward outdoor recreational activities (Attitude 0 = unfavorable, 1 = favorable), number of teenagers in the household (Teenager), and age of the head of the household (Age). The Minitab output is given below:

-Referring to Scenario 18-11,what is the p-value of the test statistic when testing whether Toefl500 makes a significant contribution to the model in the presence of the other independent variables?

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Definitions:

Aneurysm

An abnormal bulge in the wall of a blood vessel, which can lead to life-threatening bleeding if it ruptures.

Blood Supply

The provision of blood to tissues and organs through the circulatory system, ensuring the delivery of oxygen and nutrients and the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products.

Balance Disorder

A condition that makes it difficult for an individual to maintain stable posture or to move without falling.

Neurofibrillary Tangles

Twisted masses of fibers within nerve cells, found in the brains of patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.