The following data were obtained from a sample of 12 respondents. Suppose you arrive at the following multiple regression equation which predicts child's schooling from both father and mother's schooling:
= 8.91 + .51(Father's Schooling) - .10(Mother's Schooling).What is the predicted number of years of schooling for a respondent whose father and mother graduated from college (i.e., each completed 16 years of schooling)?
Highest Grade of School Completed (Respondent)Highest Grade of School Completed (Father)Highest Grade of School Completed (Mother)1212121410121414121088141212161212151051266161620141313151412141414 Mean13.8311.7511.50St. Dev.1.752.903.90Variance3.068.0215.18
What will be an ideal response?
?4Y = 8.91 + .51(16) - .10(16) = 15.47 years
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