Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 13

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
National birth rates (births per 1,000) may be influenced by the average national life expectancy in years and the national literacy rate (% of population that can read and write) . Data for 49 countries were obtained and the regression results follow.
-The calculated t-statistic to determine if Literacy Rate is a significant independent variable in explaining birth rates is

• A) - 5.48.
• B) 5.48.
• C) 5.23.
• D) 61.07.
• E) - 5.23.

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