A sociologist wishes to study the relationship between happiness and age. He interviews 24 individuals and collects data on age and happiness, measured on a scale from 0 to 100. He estimates the following model: Happiness = β0 + β1 Age. The following table summarizes a portion of the regression results:
Coefficients | Standard Error | t-stat | p-value
Intercept | 56.1772 | 5.2145 | 10.7732 | 0.0000
Age | 0.2845 | 0.0871 | 3.2671 | 0.0035
When determining whether age is significant in explaining happiness, the competing hypotheses are:
H0: β1 = 0; H1: β1 ≠ 0
H0: β1 ≤ 0; H1: β1 > 0
H0: β1 ≥ 1; H1: β1 < 1
H0: β1 = 1; H1: β1 ≠ 1