SCENARIO 18-8 the Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict

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SCENARIO 18-8 The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing) , daily mean of the percentage of students attending class (% Attendance) , mean teacher salary in dollars (Salaries) , and instructional spending per pupil in dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with as the dependent variable,
-Referring to Scenario 18-8, which of the following is the correct alternative hypothesis to test whether instructional spending per pupil has any effect on percentage of students passing the proficiency test, considering the effect of all the other independent variables?

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