A Company Has Undertaken a Study of 16 Secretaries' Yearly

question 11

Multiple Choice

A company has undertaken a study of 16 secretaries' yearly salaries (in thousands of dollars) .They want to predict salaries from several other variables.
The variables considered to be potential predictors of salary are:
X1 = months of service
X2 = years of education
X3 = score on standardized test
X4 = words per minute of typing speed
X5 = ability to take dictation in words per minute
A multiple regression model with all five variables was run,resulting in the following output:

= 0.958
-Which measurement is the worst predictor of salary,after allowing for the linear effects of the other variables in the model?

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