Linear Regression Analysis

Linear Regression Analysis

Lab Assignment 4

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Instructor : Mark Headley

Sociology 303 - Statistics with Computer Applications

Summer Term 2010

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Linear Regression Analysis

Research Hypothesis 1

Research Question : Is there a relationship between highest year of school completed and socioeconomic index

The two interval /ratio variables are respondent 's highest year of school completed and socioeconomic index . The independent variable is respondent 's highest year of school completed and dependent variable is respondent 's socioeconomic index

The null and alternate hypotheses are p

Null hypothesis , H0 : There is no significant relationship between highest year of school completed and socioeconomic index

Alternate Hypothesis , H1 : There is a significant relationship between highest year of school completed and socioeconomic index

The variable highest year of school completed measures respondent 's education in terms of years of schooling completed . The unit of measurement is in years . The variable is a good example for the interval level of measurement , as it has not only a rank but also has meaningful intervals between scale points

The variable socioeconomic index measures respondent socioeconomic index scores reflecting the education , income , and prestige associated with different occupations . There is no unit of measurement for an index value . It is measured in terms of number (or percentage . The variable is a good example for the ratio level of measurement , as it have all the properties of the other three data types (nominal , ordinal and interval , but in addition possess a meaningful zero that represents the absence of the quantity...