The Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict the Percentage

Multiple Choice

The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test. She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing) , daily average of the percentage of students attending class (% Attendance) , average teacher salary in dollars (Salaries) , and instructional spending per pupil in dollars (Spending) of 47 schools in the state. She believed that holding everything else constant, instructional spending per pupil had a positive but decreasing impact on percentage. Which of the following would be the most appropriate analysis to perform?

A) logistic regression
B) autoregressive modeling
C) simple linear regression with log transformation
D) least-squares forecasting with monthly or quarterly data