Information Was Collected from Employee Records to Determine Whether There

question 106

Multiple Choice

Information was collected from employee records to determine whether there is an association between an employee's age and the number or workdays they miss. Partial excel results are summarized below from two different samples: Given this information alone, would you decide to continue with the regression analysis for sample #1 or #2 or both?

• A) Continue with both samples, because the sample sizes are over 15.
• B) Continue with sample #1 because the multiple r value is larger than that of sample #2.
• C) Continue with sample #2 because the multiple r value is larger than that of sample #1.
• D) Don't continue with either sample, because the standard error values are more than 2.
• E) Don't continue with either sample, because the sample sizes are too small to be of use.

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