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Regression Analysis: Avg. Tot. Score versus %Takers, T/S Ratio Model Summary S R

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Regression Analysis: Avg. Tot. Score versus %Takers, T/S Ratio

Model Summary

      S    R-sq R-sq(adj) R-sq(pred)

34.2385 79.91%     79.06%      76.83%

Coefficients

Term         Coef SE Coef T-Value P-Value   VIF

Constant   1118.5     39.5    28.34    0.000

%Takers    -2.547    0.187   -13.62    0.000 1.05

T/S Ratio   -3.73     2.21    -1.69    0.098 1.05

1. What are the degrees of freedom associated with the t tests of the slopes?

A) 46

B) 47

C) 48

D) 49

E) 50

2.Under what conditions are the computed p-values for these tests valid?

Explanation / Answer

1. Under the null hypothesis, H0 that the population regression coefficient is , Prof. R.A. Fisher proved that the statistic

t = (b-) [ (n-2) ( xi - X)2 / (yi - Y)2] 1/2 follows Student's t distribution with n-2 degrees of freedom. Here the vaule of n is not given. If n=50, then, df = 50-2 = 48.

2. The value of p is calculated based on the percentage of permissible error, whether it is 5% or 1%.