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

question 192

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 whether gross domestic product has a positive impact on consumption, the p-value is

• A) 0.00005.
• B) 0.0001.
• C) 0.9999.
• D) 0.99995.

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