Use the SPSS output below to answer the following questions

Use the SPSS output below to answer the following questions. The dependent variable was OPTIMIST (“I am an optimist”). The predictors were RELIGIOUS (“I am a religious/spiritual person”) and WORSESOC (“Our society has been progressively getting worse over the years”). All three of these variables ranged from 1-strongly disagree to 5-strongly agree.

If you knew someone scored a 4 on WORSESOC and a 2 on RELIGIOUS, what would you predict their score would be on OPTIMIST?

ANOVAD Model Summary Sum of Squares Mean Square Unstandardized Coefficients Coefficients Adjusted R Std. Error of the Estimate 9.932 33.068 43.000 a. Predictors: (Constant), Religious, WorseSos 4.966 6.157 Model Std Errar Beta Model re 41 807 3.000 .179 377 4.167 1.118 3.367 481 231 193 Total 43 160 .153 270 a. Predictors: (Constant), Religious, WorseSac 112 461 b. Dependent Variable: Optimist a Dependent Variable: Optimist

Solution

The dependent variable Y = OPTIMIST

Predictors are RELIGIOUS and WORSESOC.

From this output the regression equation will be,

Y = 3.000 - 0.179 * WORSESOC + 0.377 * RELIGIOUS.

We are given that  WORSESOC = 4 and RELIGIOUS = 2 then,

Y = 3.000 - 0.179 * 4 + 0.377 * 2

Y = 3.038