Use the country.sav data file to answer the following question. You want to examine what factors affect male life expectancy (lifeexpm) in years within different countries. In particular, you think that the following variables will have an impact on male life expectancy. The number of doctors per 10,000 people (docs) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measured in dollars The country’s status as a developed or developing country (develop) where 0 = developed and 1 = developing)

On the basis of your results, write out the equation that would represent the relationship between male life expectancy and the variables that were examined.


Male life expectancy = 51.562 + 0.567 doctors per 10,000 people + 0 GDP per capita + 3.329 Developing country

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