Applicants for a Particular Job,which Involves Extensive Travel in Spanish-Speaking

question 12

Essay

Applicants for a particular job,which involves extensive travel in Spanish-speaking countries,must take a proficiency test in Spanish.The sample data below were obtained in a study of the relationship between the numbers of years applicants have studied Spanish and their score on the test.Using a 1% level of significance,do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the slope of the regression line is not 0 and hence that number of years of study is useful as a predictor of score on the test? The regression analysis is given below.
Dependent variable is: Score
R-squared = 83.0%
s = 5.65138 with 10 - 2 = 8 degrees of freedom

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