Literacy rate is a reflection of the educational facilities and quality of education available in...
Literacy rate is a reflection of the educational facilities and quality of education available in a country, and mass communication plays a large part in the educational process. In an effort to relate the literacy rate of a country to various mass communication factors, a researcher has proposed to relate literacy rate (y) to the following variables: number of daily newspaper copies (per 1000 population)(x1), number of radios (per 1000 population)(x2), and number of TV sets (per 1000 population)(x3). Table 3 shows the data for a sample of 10 countries.
Table 3
Country | Newspapers | Radios | TV sets | Literacy Rate |
Malaysia | 280 | 266 | 228 | 0.98 |
Singapore | 142 | 230 | 201 | 0.93 |
Vietnam | 10 | 114 | 2 | 0.25 |
Brunei | 391 | 313 | 227 | 0.99 |
Thailand | 86 | 329 | 82 | 0.79 |
Cambodia | 17 | 42 | 11 | 0.72 |
Myanmar | 21 | 49 | 16 | 0.32 |
Indonesia | 314 | 1695 | 472 | 0.99 |
Philippines | 333 | 430 | 185 | 0.99 |
Laos | 91 | 182 | 89 | 0.82 |
- Use Microsoft Excel to produce Analysis of Variance table for the multiple linear regression and state the model.
- At a = 0. 05 test whether the model generated in (a) is fit or not.
- Calculate the 95% confidence interval for the coefficient value for newspapers.
- Interpret the value of R2 gathered in (a).
- Based on your answer in (b), draw a conclusion on the linear relationship between literacy rate and the three factors.
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