Question

The following multiple regression printout can be used to predict a person's height (in inches) given his or her shoe size and gender, where gender = 1 for males and 0 for females.

Regression Analysis: Height Versus Shoe Size, Gender

Coefficients
Term Coef SE Coef T-value P-value
Constant 55.24 1.05 52.61 0.000
Shoe Size 1.164 0.13 0.000
Gender 2.574 0.489 5.26 0.000

Required:
a. Find the value of the test statistic for shoe size.
b. Is the regression coefficient of shoe size statistically significant?
c. Does the variable shoe size belong in the model?
d. Interpret the regression coefficient of Gender.

Answer 1

a. 8.95

b. it is

c. yes it belongs

d. males are 2.574 taller than females on average.

Explanation:

GIven the regression outpuit that we have in this question, the value of the t test statistics for the shoe size can be solved as

a. test statistic = 1.164/0.13

t test = 8.95

b. the regression coefficient of shoe size is 1.164, this is statistically significant

c. Yes the variable shoe size does belong to the model.

d. The regression coefficient of gender shows that on the average, while holding other variables constant, males are 2.574 inches taller than the their female counterparts.