TABLE 17-8
The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing),daily mean of the percentage of students attending class (% Attendance),mean teacher salary in dollars (Salaries),and instructional spending per pupil in dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state.
Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable,X 1 = % Attendance,X 2 = Salaries and X 3 = Spending:
-True or False: Referring to Table 17-8,there is sufficient evidence that instructional spending per pupil has an effect on the percentage of students passing the proficiency test while holding constant the effect of all the other independent variables at a 5% level of significance.

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TABLE 17-8
The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing),daily mean of the percentage of students attending class (% Attendance),mean teacher salary in dollars (Salaries),and instructional spending per pupil in dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state.
Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable,X 1 = % Attendance,X 2 = Salaries and X 3 = Spending: 
-True or False: Referring to Table 17-8,there is sufficient evidence that instructional spending per pupil has an effect on the percentage of students passing the proficiency test while holding constant the effect of all the other independent variables at a 5% level of significance.

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Without access to Table 17-8, it is impossible to determine whether there is sufficient evidence at a 5% level of significance.

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