A Sports Analyst Wants to Exam the Factors That May

question 48

Multiple Choice

A sports analyst wants to exam the factors that may influence a tennis player's chances of winning. Over four tournaments, he collects data on 30 tennis players and estimates the following model: Win = β₀ + β₁Double Faults + β₂Aces + ε, where Win is the proportion of winning, Double Faults is the percentage of double faults made, and Aces is the number of aces. A portion of the regression results are shown in the accompanying table. When testing whether the explanatory variables jointly influence the response variable, the null hypothesis is ________.

• A) H₀: β₁ = β₂ = 0
• B) H₀: β₁ + β₂ = 0
• C) H₀: β₀ = β₁ = β₂ = 0
• D) H₀: β₀ + β₁ + β₂ + 0

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