The Editors of a National Automotive Magazine Recently Studied 30

question 7

Multiple Choice

The editors of a national automotive magazine recently studied 30 different automobiles sold in the United States with the intent of seeing whether they could develop a multiple regression model to explain the variation in highway miles per gallon. A number of different independent variables were collected. The following regression output (with some values missing) was recently presented to the editors by the magazine's analysts: Based on this output and your understanding of multiple regression analysis, what is the critical value for testing the significance of the overall regression model at a 0.05 level of statistical significance?

• A) About F = 5.92
• B) Nearly F = 3.80
• C) Approximately F = 2.50
• D) None of the above

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