Consider the SPSS regression output below. The dependent variable (Y) is the level of happiness felt by individuals. The dependent variable was measured in the following manner: 1= very unhappy, 2= somewhat unhappy, 3=neither unhappy nor happy, 4= somewhat happy, 5= very happy. The following four factors are the independent variables: highest year of school completed, respondent’s age, number of children of the respondent, and total family income. The researcher acquired data from 1,457 randomly selected Americans and ran a multiple regression. The regression results are presented below:
Consider the SPSS regression output below. The dependent variable (Y) is the level of happiness felt by individuals. The dependent variable was measured in the following manner: 1= very unhappy, 2= somewhat unhappy, 3=neither unhappy nor happy, 4= somewhat happy, 5= very happy. The following four factors are the independent variables: highest year of school completed, respondent’s age, number of children of the respondent, and total family income. The researcher acquired data from 1,457 randomly selected Americans and ran a multiple regression. The regression results are presented below:
Model Summary |
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Model |
R |
R Square |
Adjusted R Square |
Std. Error of the Estimate |
1 |
.215a |
.046 |
.043 |
.72476 |
a. Predictors: (Constant), TOTAL FAMILY INCOME, AGE OF RESPONDENT, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION, HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
Coefficientsa |
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Model |
Unstandardized Coefficients |
Standardized Coefficients |
t |
Sig. |
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B |
Std. Error |
Beta |
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1 |
(Constant) |
1.731 |
.120 |
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14.414 |
.000 |
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HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
-.002 |
.008 |
-.008 |
-.243 |
.808 |
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AGE OF RESPONDENT |
-.002 |
.001 |
-.059 |
-1.982 |
.048 |
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NUMBER OF CHILDREN |
.028 |
.014 |
.061 |
2.032 |
.042 |
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TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
.016 |
.004 |
.125 |
3.934 |
.000 |
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a. Dependent Variable: the level of happiness |
- Explain in plain English what an R2 value of 0.046 means.
- At 0.05 significance level, which variables are significant. For each significant variable, write a one-sentence interpretation that details the relationship and direction between the variables. Please order your list/sentences. The first variable you interpret should be the one with greatest strength. The second variable you list should be the one with the second-greatest strength, etc. You can identify non-significant variables by writing NOT SIG. in the interpretation space.
- Variable Name [____________________]. Interpretation:
- Variable Name [____________________]. Interpretation:
- Variable Name [____________________]. Interpretation:
- Variable Name [____________________]. Interpretation:
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