Using the 2016 GSS, We Regressed the Number of Hours

question 5

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 standardized regression coefficients: TVhours = - .20Educ + .07Age - .07Married. According to this equation,

• A) none of the variables is significantly related to television viewing.
• B) all three variables are significantly related to television viewing.
• C) age has the strongest association with television viewing.
• D) education has a stronger association with television viewing than age.

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