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

question 23

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-15
The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-
grade 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, $X _ { 1 } =$
Salaries and $X _ { 2 } =$ Spending:

$\begin{array}{lr}\hline {\text { Regression Statistics }} \\\hline \text { Multiple R } & 0.4276 \\\text { R Square } & 0.1828 \\\text { Adjusted R Square } & 0.1457 \\\text { Standard Error } & 5.7351 \\\text { Observations } & 47 \\\hline\end{array}$

ANOVA


$\begin{array}{lrrrrrr}\hline & \text { Coefficients } & \text { Standard Error } & \text { t Stat } & \rho \text {-value } & \text { Lower 95\% } & \text { Upper 95\% } \\\hline \text { Intercept } & -72.9916 & 45.9106 & -1.5899 & 0.1190 & -165.5184 & 19.5352 \\\text { Salary } & 2.7939 & 0.8974 & 3.1133 & 0.0032 & 0.9853 & 4.6025 \\\text { Spending } & 0.3742 & 0.9782 & 0.3825 & 0.7039 & -1.5972 & 2.3455 \\\hline\end{array}$

-Referring to Scenario 14-15, which of the following is a correct statement?

• A) The mean percentage of students passing the proficiency test is estimated to go up by 2.79% when mean teacher salary increases by one thousand dollars.
• B) The mean teacher salary is estimated to go up by 2.79% when mean percentage of students passing the proficiency test increases by 1%.
• C) The mean percentage of students passing the proficiency test is estimated to go up by 2.79% when mean teacher salary increases by one thousand dollars holding constant the Instructional spending per pupil.
• D) The mean teacher salary is estimated to go up by 2.79% when mean percentage of students passing the proficiency test increases by 1% holding constant the instructional Spending per pupil.

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