TABLE 13-4 A Real Estate Builder Wishes to Determine How House Size

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Multiple Choice

TABLE 13-4
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 Table 13-4, what minimum annual income would an individual with a family size of 9 and 10 years of education need to attain a predicted 5,000 square foot home (House = 50) ?

• A) $44.14 thousand
• B) $56.75 thousand
• C) $178.33 thousand
• D) $211.85 thousand

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