Best Places for Dating. Sperling's Best Places published the list of best places for dating in America. The table shows the top 10 places, along with the overall dating score and a set of predictor variables. Use this information for Exercises 57–59.
| City | Percentage 18–24 years old |
Percentage 18–24 who are single |
Online dating score |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 100.0 | 13.4% | 81.2% | 77.8 |
| Colorado Springs |
88.7 | 10.5% | 74.2% | 88.9 |
| San Diego | 84.0 | 11.3% | 79.4% | 77.4 |
| Raleigh | 80.7 | 11.6% | 82.9% | 79.2 |
| Seattle | 78.7 | 9.0% | 83.9% | 100.0 |
| Charleston | 78.7 | 11.2% | 82.7% | 66.9 |
| Norfolk | 77.0 | 11.2% | 75.6% | 82.9 |
| Ann Arbor | 75.5 | 12.9% | 90.3% | 51.1 |
| Springfield | 75.2 | 11.7% | 89.8% | 63.5 |
| Honolulu | 75.2 | 10.1% | 82.3% | 50.2 |
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59. Based on your work in Exercises 57 and 58, which predictor variable is the best indicator of the overall dating score, and thus an indicator of the best places for dating?
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Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds who are single