SCENARIO 14-15
-True or False: Referring to Scenario 14-15, you can conclude definitively that mean teacher
salary individually has no impact on the mean percentage of students passing the proficiency test,
taking into account the effect of instructional spending per pupil, at a 1% level of significance
based solely on but not actually computing the 99% confidence interval estimate for β1.

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SCENARIO 14-15 
-True or False: Referring to Scenario 14-15, you can conclude definitively that mean teacher
salary individually has no impact on the mean percentage of students passing the proficiency test,
taking into account the effect of instructional spending per pupil, at a 1% level of significance
based solely on but not actually computing the 99% confidence interval estimate for β1.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A 99% confidence interval estimate for β1 would need to be computed to determine if it includes zero, which would indicate no impact. Without computing it, no definitive conclusion can be made.

SCENARIO 14-15 -True or False: Referring to Scenario 14-15, You Can Conclude