TABLE 14-3 an Economist Is Interested to See How Consumption for an for an Economy

question 219

Multiple Choice

TABLE 14-3
An economist is interested to see how consumption for an economy (in $ billions) is influenced by gross domestic product ($ billions) and aggregate price (consumer price index) . The Microsoft Excel output of this regression is partially reproduced below.
-Referring to Table 14-3, to test for the significance of the coefficient on aggregate price index, the value of the relevant t-statistic is

• A) 2.365.
• B) 0.143.
• C) -0.219.
• D) -1.960.

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