Instruction 13-16
Given Below Are Results from the Regression Analysis

question 84

Multiple Choice

Instruction 13-16
Given below are results from the regression analysis where the dependent variable is the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff (Unemploy) and the independent variables are the age of the worker (Age) ,the number of years of education received (Edu) ,the number of years at the previous job (Job Yr) ,a dummy variable for marital status (Married: 1 = married,0 = otherwise) ,a dummy variable for head of household (Head: 1 = yes,0 = no) and a dummy variable for management position (Manager: 1 = yes,0 = no) .We shall call this Model 1.
$$\begin{array} { l r } \hline{ \text { Regression Statistics } } \\\hline \text { Multiple R } & 0.7035 \\\text { R Square } & 0.4949 \\\text { Adjusted R } & 0.4030 \\\text { Square } & \\\text { Standard } & 18.4861 \\\text { Error } \\\text { Observations } & 40 \\\hline\end{array}$$ ANOVA
$\begin{array}{lrrrrr}& D f & S S & M S &{\text { SS }} &{\text { Significance F }} \\\text { Regression } & 6 & 11048.6415 & 1841.4402 & 5.3885 & 0.00057 \\\text { Residual } & 33 & 11277.2586 & 341.7351 & & \\\text { Total } & 39 & 22325.9 & &\end{array}$

$\begin{array}{lrrrrrr} & \text { Coefficients } & \text { Standard Error } & \text { t Stat } & \text { P-value } & \text { Lower 95\% } & \text { Upper 95\% } \\\hline \text { Intercept } & 32.6595 & 23.18302 & 1.4088 & 0.1683 & -14.5067 & 79.8257 \\\text { Age } & 1.2915 & 0.3599 & 3.5883 & 0.0011 & 0.5592 & 2.0238 \\\text { Edu } & -1.3537 & 1.1766 & -1.1504 & 0.2582 & -3.7476 & 1.0402 \\\text { Job Yr } & 0.6171 & 0.5940 & 1.0389 & 0.3064 & -0.5914 & 1.8257 \\\text { Married } & -5.2189 & 7.6068 & -0.6861 & 0.4974 & -20.6950 & 10.2571 \\\text { Head } & -14.2978 & 7.6479 & -1.8695 & 0.0704 & -29.8575 & 1.2618 \\\text { Manager } & -24.8203 & 11.6932 & -2.1226 & 0.0414 & -48.6102 & -1.0303 \\\hline\end{array}$ Model 2 is the regression analysis where the dependent variable is Unemploy and the independent variables are Age and Manager.The results of the regression analysis are given below:
$$\begin{array} { l r } \hline { \text { Regression Statistics } } \\\hline \text { Multiple R } & 0.6391 \\\text { R Square } & 0.4085 \\\text { Adjusted R } & 0.3765 \\\text { Square } & \\\text { Standard Error } & 18.8929\\\text { Observations } & 40\\\hline\end{array}$$ $$\begin{array}{l}\text { ANOVA }\\\begin{array} { l r r r l r } \hline & d f & { S S } & { M S } & F & \text { Significance } F \\\hline \text { Regression } & 2 & 9119.0897 & 4559.5448 & 12.7740 & 0.0000 \\\text { Residual } & 37 & 13206.8103 & 356.9408 & & \\\text { Total } & 39 & 22325.9 & & & \\\hline\end{array}\\\begin{array} { l r r r r } \hline & \text { Coefficients } & \text { Standard Error } & { t \text { Stat } } & P \text {-value } \\\hline \text { Intercept } & - 0.2143 & 11.5796 & - 0.0185 & 0.9853 \\\text { Age } & 1.4448 & 0.3160 & 4.5717 & 0.0000 \\\text { Manager } & - 22.5761 & 11.3488 & - 1.9893 & 0.0541 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 13-16 Model 1,which of the following is a correct statement?

• A)On average,a worker who is a year older is estimated to stay jobless shorter by approximately 1.35 weeks,while holding constant the effects of all the remaining independent variables.
• B)On average,a worker who is a year older is estimated to stay jobless longer by approximately 0.62 weeks,while holding constant the effects of all the remaining independent variables.
• C)On average,a worker who is a year older is estimated to stay jobless longer by approximately 1.29 weeks,while holding constant the effects of all the remaining independent variables.
• D)On average,a worker who is a year older is estimated to stay jobless longer by approximately 32.66 weeks,while holding constant the effects of all the remaining independent variables.

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