Question

7.4 Women in top Management

a study on women in upper management positions at U.S. firms. Obserational data(n=252 months)were collected for several variables in an attempt to model the number of females in managerial positions (y), The independent variables included the number of females with a college degree(x1), the number of female high school graduates with no college degree (x2), the number of males in managerial positions(x3), the number of males with a college degree(x4) and the number of male high school graduates with no college degree(x5)

a.) The correlation relating number of females in managerial positions and number of females with a college degree was determined to be r = .983. Can the researchers conclude that an increase in the number of females with a college degree will cause the number of females in mangerial positions to increase ? EXPLAIN

b.) The correlation relating number of males in managerial positions and number of males with a college degree was determined to be r = .722 what potential problem can occur in the regression analysis? EXPLAIN

Answer 1