Question 11.17

11.17 Describing a multiple regression.

As part of a study, data from 282 students majoring in accounting at the College of Business Studies in Kuwait were obtained through a survey.5 The researchers were interested in finding determinants of academic performance measured by the student’s major grade point average (MGPA). They considered gender, high school major, age, frequency of doing homework, participation in class, and number of days studying before an exam.

  1. What is the response variable?
  2. What is , the number of cases?
  3. What is , the number of explanatory variables?
  4. What are the explanatory variables?

11.17

(a) Major grade point average. (b) . (c) . (d) Gender, high school major, age, frequency of doing homework, participation in class, and number of days studying before the exam.