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question 19

Essay

At the Stock and Watson (http://www.pearsonhighered.com/stock_watson)website, go to Student Resources and select the option "Datasets for Replicating Empirical Results." Then select the "California Test Score Data Used in Chapters 4-9" and read the data either into Excel or STATA (or another statistical program).
Run a regression of the average reading score (read_scr)on the average math score (math_scr). What values for the slope and the intercept would you expect? Interpret the coefficients in the resulting regression output and the regression R².

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