A Psychologist Was Interested in Whether the Amount of News $\quad$

question 28

Multiple Choice

A psychologist was interested in whether the amount of news people watch predicts how depressed they are. In this table, what does the value 3.030 represent? $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ANOVA $^{a}$
$\begin{array}{|l|l|r|r|r|r|r|}\hline \text { Model } &\text { Sum of } &\text { Squares } \text { df } & \text { Mean Square } & F & \text { Sig. } \\\hline 1 \quad \text { Regression } & 3.030 & 1 & 3.030 & 4.404 & .039^{b} \\\quad \text { Residual } & 57.115 & 83 & .688 & & \\\quad \text { Total }& 60.145 & 84 & & & \\\hline \end{array}$
a. Dependent Variable: Depression
b. Predictors: (Constant) , News Exposure

• A)The improvement in the prediction of depression by fitting the model
• B)The ratio of how much the prediction of depression has improved by fitting the model, compared to how much error still remains
• C)The ratio of how much error there is in the model, compared to how much variability there is in depression scores
• D)The proportion of variance in depression explained by news exposure

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