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National birth rates (births per 1,000) may be influenced by the average national life expectancy in years and the national literacy rate (% of population that can read and write). Data for 49 countries were obtained and the regression results follow.

-The calculated t-statistic to determine if literacy is a significant independent variable in explaining birth rates is
A) -5.48
B) 5.48
C) 5.23
D) 61.07
E) indeterminate.

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Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
National birth rates (births per 1,000) may be influenced by the average national life expectancy in years and the national literacy rate (% of population that can read and write). Data for 49 countries were obtained and the regression results follow.
 
-The calculated t-statistic to determine if literacy is a significant independent variable in explaining birth rates is
A) -5.48 
B) 5.48 
C) 5.23 
D) 61.07 
E) indeterminate.

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The t-statistic is -5.48, which is significant at the 0.05 level.

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