(2)The following estimated regression model relates labor force
participation rate, L, to unemployment
rate, U, and average hourly earnings, E.
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L = 80.9013 - 0.6713 U – 1.4042 E
Se 4.7561 0.0827 0.6086
R squared = 0.7727 n = 23 F = 34.073
(a)Comment on the appropriateness of the signs of the
coefficients.
(b)Conduct a test of statistical significance, at the 5% level, for
the coefficient of unemployment.
(c)Conduct a test of overall statistical significance, at the 1%
level, for the explanatory variables of the
model.
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