SCENARIO 18-1 A Real Estate Builder Wishes to Determine How House Size

question 42

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 18-1
A real estate builder wishes to determine how house size (House) is influenced by family income
(Income) , family size (Size) , and education of the head of household (School) .House size is
measured in hundreds of square feet, income is measured in thousands of dollars, and education is in
years.The builder randomly selected 50 families and ran the multiple regression.Microsoft Excel
output is provided below:
-Referring to Scenario 18-1, suppose the builder wants to test whether the coefficient on Income
Is significantly different from 0.What is the value of the relevant t-statistic?

• A) 5.286
• B) 5.195
• C) 3.945
• D) - 1.509

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Definitions:

Variable-ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly resistant to extinction.

Reinforcement

An operational technique used in behavior analysis to increase the frequency of a desired behavior by introducing a motivating item after the behavior is exhibited.

DRH Schedule

Differential Reinforcement of High Rates of behavior schedule; a reinforcement schedule in which a higher rate of a specific behavior is reinforced, encouraging the behavior to occur more frequently.

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that increases the likelihood of a preceding behavior being repeated.