Using the 2018 GSS, we regressed the number of hours of television watched on the average day on three variables: years of education, age, and marital status. Marital status is a dummy variables with 1 = married. We get the following results for the unstandardized regression coefficients: TVhours = 3.38 - .13Educ + .03Age - .52Married. What is the predicted number of hours of television viewing for a 20-year old, unmarried person with 14 years of education?
A) 1.64
B) 2.16
C) 2.76
D) 3.38

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Plug in the given values into the regression equation:
TVhours = 3.38 - .13(14) + .03(20) - .52(0)
TVhours = 2.16
Therefore, the predicted number of hours of television viewing for a 20-year old, unmarried person with 14 years of education is 2.16 hours. The correct answer is B.

Using the 2018 GSS, We Regressed the Number of Hours