Using the 2018 GSS, we regressed the number of hours of television watched on the average day on three variables: years of education, age, and marital status. Marital status is a dummy variables with 1 = married. We get the following results for the standardized regression coefficients: TVhours = - .16Educ + .20Age - .10Married. According to this equation,
A) none of the variables is significantly related to television viewing.
B) all three variables are significantly related to television viewing.
C) age has the strongest association with television viewing.
D) one year of education has a greater impact on viewing than one year of age.

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C) Age has the strongest association with television viewing because it has the highest standardized regression coefficient (.20) among the variables, indicating the strongest relationship with the number of hours of television watched.

Using the 2018 GSS, We Regressed the Number of Hours