Exhibit 17

question 96

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 17.2.To examine the differences between salaries of male and female middle managers of a large bank,90 individuals were randomly selected and the following variables considered: Salary = the monthly salary (excluding fringe benefits and bonuses) ,
Educ = the number of years of education,
Exper = the number of months of experience,
Train = the number of weeks of training,
Gender = the gender of an individual;1 for males,and 0 for females.
Also,the following Excel partial outputs corresponding to the following models are available:
Model A: Salary = β₀ + β₁Educ + β₂Exper + β₃Train + β₄Gender + ε Model B: Salary = β₀ + β₁Educ + β₂Exper + β₃Gender + ε Refer to Exhibit 17.2.Under the assumption of the same years of education and months of experience,what is the p-value for testing whether the mean salary of males is greater than the mean salary of females using Model B?

• A)At least 0.025
• B)Less than 0.025 but at least 0.01
• C)Less than 0.01 but at least 0.005
• D)Less than 0.005

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