For the 2016 GSS, You Code Marital Status as 0

question 51

Multiple Choice

For the 2016 GSS, you code marital status as 0 = not married and 1 = married, then you regress the number of hours of television viewing per day (Y) on marital status (X) with the following result: Y = 3.1 − .32X. This result indicates that

• A) married people watch, on average, 3.1 more hours of television than unmarried people.
• B) married people watch, on average, 2.78 fewer hours of television than unmarried people.
• C) married people watch, on average, .32 fewer hours of television than unmarried people.
• D) there is no relationship between marital status and television viewing.

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