TABLE 13-2 A Professor of Industrial Relations Believes That an Individual's Wage

Multiple Choice

TABLE 13-2
A professor of industrial relations believes that an individual's wage rate at a factory (Y) depends on his performance rating (X1) and the number of economics courses the employee successfully completed in college (X2) . The professor randomly selects six workers and collects the following information:

-Referring to Table 13-2, for these data, what is the estimated coefficient for the number of economics courses taken, b₂?

A) 0.616
B) 1.054
C) 6.932
D) 9.103