Using the 2018 GSS, We Regressed the Number of Hours

question 13

Multiple Choice

Using the 2018 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 variables with 1 = married. We get the following results for the unstandardized regression coefficients: TVhours = 3.38 - .13Educ + .03Age - .52Married. What is the predicted number of hours of television viewing for a 20-year old, unmarried person with 14 years of education?

• A) 1.64
• B) 2.16
• C) 2.76
• D) 3.38

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