Question

Overview of the Study: The data are based on a Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Initiative that focused on the improvement of reading and writing for students in the primary grade. The school received a grant from the state which was used to strengthen classroom teachers’ instructional skills.

The regression outputs present information for students in the school. Description of the variables: Please use the following description/coding to help you in your analyses. Gender: female; 1 male=0 EnrollmentStatus: 0 - Not General Education; 1 General Education Students CSR Participant: 1 -Taught by a teacher who was part of the comprehensive school reform professional development experience; 0- taught by a teacher who was NOT part of the comprehensive school reform professional development experience Reading score: Reading assessment score STATISTICS QUESTIONS Question 1: What is the impact of gender on writing vocabulary? Question 2: What is the relative impact of gender and enrollment status on writing vocabulary? Question 3: How well does the linear combination of variables in Output 3 explain writing vocabulary? Question 4: Based on your answers to Questions 1 2, and 3; what are your recommendations to the school principal?

Regression 3 - Question 3

[ Variables Entered/Removed b

Model Variables Entered Variables Removed Method dimension 0 1 CSR Participant, Enrollment Status, Reading score, Gender a . Enter a. All requested variables entered. b. Dependent Variable: Writing Vocabulary

Model Summary Model R R Square Adjusted R Square Std. Error of the Estimate dimension0 1 .619a .658 .646 13.995 a. Predictors: (Constant), CSR Participant, Enrollment Status, Gender, Reading score

ANOVA

b Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. 1 Regression 1747.231 3 582.410 2.974 .042a Residual 8226.247 42 195.863 Total 9973.478 45 a. Predictors: (Constant), CSR Participant, Enrollment Status, Gender, Reading Score b. Dependent Variable: Writing Vocabulary

Coefficients a Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Coefficients t Sig. B Std. Error Beta 1 (Constant) 31.898 4.555 7.004 .000 Gender -10.553 4.146 -.358 -2.545 .015 Enrollment Status -6.808 4.203 -.228 -1.620 .113 CSR Participant Reading score -1.954 7.607 4.187 2.456 -.482 .764 -2.467 2.870 .042 .002 a. Dependent Variable: Writing Vocabulary

Answer 1