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

question 106

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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
$\begin{array}{lrrrrr}& \text { df } &{\text { SS }} & \text { MS } & F&\text { Significance F } \\\hline \text { Regression } & 6 & 11048.6415 & 1841.4402 & 5.3885 & 0.00057 \\\text { Residual } & 33 & 11277.2586 & 341.7351 & & \\\text { Total } & 39 & 22325.9 & &\end{array}$

$\begin{array}{lrrrrrr} & \text { Coefficients } & \text { Standard Error } & t \text { Stat } & \text { P-value } & \text { Lower 95\% } & \text { Upper 95\% } \\\hline \text { Intercept } & 32.6595 & 23.18302 & 1.4088 & 0.1683 & -14.5067 & 79.8257 \\\text { Age } & 1.2915 & 0.3599 & 3.5883 & 0.0011 & 0.5592 & 2.0238 \\\text { Edu } & -1.3537 & 1.1766 & -1.1504 & 0.2582 & -3.7476 & 1.0402 \\\text { Job Yr } & 0.6171 & 0.5940 & 1.0389 & 0.3064 & -0.5914 & 1.8257 \\\text { Married } & -5.2189 & 7.6068 & -0.6861 & 0.4974 & -20.6950 & 10.2571 \\\text { Head } & -14.2978 & 7.6479 & -1.8695 & 0.0704 & -29.8575 & 1.2618 \\\text { Manager } & -24.8203 & 11.6932 & -2.1226 & 0.0414 & -48.6102 & -1.0303\end{array}$ 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)49.49% of the total variation in the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff can be explained by the age of the worker,the number of years of education received,the number of years at the previous job,marital status,whether the worker is the head of household,and whether the worker is a manager,after adjusting for the level of significance.
• B)49.49% of the total variation in the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff can be explained by the age of the worker,the number of years of education received,the number of years at the previous job,marital status,whether the worker is the head of household,and whether the worker is a manager,after adjusting for the number of predictors and sample size.
• C)49.49% of the total variation in the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff can be explained by the age of the worker,the number of years of education received,the number of years at the previous job,marital status,whether the worker is the head of household,and whether the worker is a manager,holding constant the effect of all the independent variables.
• D)49.49% of the total variation in the number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff can be explained by the age of the worker,the number of years of education received,the number of years at the previous job,marital status,whether the worker is the head of household,and whether the worker is a manager.

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