Instruction 13-14
the Head of the Accounting Department Wanted to See

question 68

Short Answer

Instruction 13-14
The Head of the Accounting Department wanted to see if she could predict the average grade of students using the number of course units (credits)and total university entrance exam scores of each.She takes a sample of students and generates the following Microsoft Excel output:
SUMMARY
Regression Statistics
$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Multiple R } & 0.916 \\ \text { R Square } & 0.839 \\ \text { Adj. R Square } & 0.732 \\ \text { Std. Error } & 0.24685 \\ \text { Observations } & 6 \end{array}$
ANOVA
$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } & \boldsymbol { d f } & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & \boldsymbol { F } & \text { Signif } \boldsymbol { F } \\ \text { Regression } & 2 & 0.95219 & 0.47610 & 7.813 & 0.0646 \\ \text { Residual } & 3 & 0.18281 & 0.06094 & & \\ \text { Total } & 5 & 1.13500 & & & \\ & & & & & \\ & \text { Coeff } & \text { StdError } & \boldsymbol { t } \text { Stat } & \boldsymbol { P } \text {-Value } & \\ \text { Intercept } & 4.593897 & 1.13374542 & 4.052 & 0.0271 & \\ \text { GDP } & - 0.247270 & 0.06268485 & - 3.945 & 0.0290 & \\ \text { Price } & 0.001443 & 0.00101241 & 1.425 & 0.2494 & \end{array}$ Note: Adj.R Square = Adjusted R Square;Std.Error = Standard Error
-Referring to Instruction 13-14,the value of the adjusted coefficient of multiple determination,r²adj,is ________.

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