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A Collector of Grandfather Clocks Believes That the Price Received E(y)=β0+β1x+β2x2E ( y ) = \beta _ { 0 } + \beta _ { 1 } x + \beta _ { 2 } x ^ { 2 }

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A collector of grandfather clocks believes that the price received for the clocks at an auction increases with the number of bidders, but at an increasing (rather than a constant) rate. Thus, the model proposed to best explain auction price (y, in dollars) by number of bidders (x) is the quadratic model E(y) =β0+β1x+β2x2E ( y ) = \beta _ { 0 } + \beta _ { 1 } x + \beta _ { 2 } x ^ { 2 }
This model was fit to data collected for a sample of 32 clocks sold at auction; a portion of the printout follows:
 PARAMETER STANDARD  T FOR 0:  VARIABLES  ESTIMATE  ERROR  PARAMETER =0 PROB >T INTERCEPT 286.429.6629.64.0001X.31.065.14.0016XX.000067.00007.95.3600\begin{array}{lrrrr}\hline &\text { PARAMETER }& \text {STANDARD }& \text { T FOR 0: }\\\text { VARIABLES } & \text { ESTIMATE } & \text { ERROR } & \text { PARAMETER }=0 & \text { PROB }>|T|\\\text { INTERCEPT } & 286.42 & 9.66 & 29.64 & .0001 \\\mathrm{X} & -.31 & .06 & -5.14 & .0016 \\\mathrm{X} \cdot \mathrm{X} & .000067 & .00007 & .95 & .3600 \\\hline\end{array}

Give the pp -value for testing H0:β2=0H _ { 0 } : \beta _ { 2 } = 0 against Ha:β20H _ { a } : \beta 2 \neq 0 .


A) .36
B) .0016
C) .18
D) .05

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