Using the 2016 GSS, We Regressed the Number of Hours

question 35

Multiple Choice

Using the 2016 GSS, we regressed the number of hours of television watched on the average day on three variables: years of education, age, and marital status. Marital status is a dummy variable with 1 = married. We get the following results for the unstandardized regression coefficients: TVhours = 4.63 - .15Educ + .01Age - .34Married. What is the predicted number of hours of television viewing for a 20-year-old, unmarried person with 14 years of education?

• A) 1.93
• B) 2.73
• C) 4.15
• D) 5.25

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