Question

Jack has 3 months more experience than jill, but jill's aptitude score is 20 points higher than jack's. who is expected to be more productive? (a) jack is expected to be more productive than jill. (b) jill is expected to be more productive than jack. (c) jack and jill are expected to have about equal productivity. (d) none of the above

Answer 1

The predicted productivity equation is 2.0 + .5 * Experience + .2 * aptitude score . Then we can use the slope coefficients to figure this out. Jack gains .5 *.3 from his extra three months and Jill has gained from her extra 20 points on the aptitude test .2 * 20 = 4 . Then we have that 4 – 1.5 = 2.5 thus Jill is predicted to be more productive than Jack. Thus the answer is b.