SCENARIO 14-15 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), mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable, = Salaries and Spending:
-Referring to Scenario 14-15, the alternative hypothesis : At least one of for j = 1, 2 implies that percentage of students passing the proficiency test is related to at least one of the explanatory variables.

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SCENARIO 14-15 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), mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable,  = Salaries and  Spending:  
-Referring to Scenario 14-15, the alternative hypothesis  : At least one of  for j = 1, 2 implies that percentage of students passing the proficiency test is related to at least one of the explanatory variables.

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The alternative hypothesis states that there is a relationship between the percentage of students passing the proficiency test and at least one of the explanatory variables, which is true. Therefore, the answer is A. The alternative hypothesis stated implies that there is a relationship between the percentage of students passing the proficiency test and at least one of the explanatory variables, which is true based on the given multiple regression output.

SCENARIO 14-15 the Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict