An expert witness in a case of alleged racial discrimination in a state ...

Problem 5: An expert witness in a case of alleged racial discrimination in a state university school of nursing introduced a regression of the determinants of Salary of each professor for each year during an 8-year period (n = 423) with the following results, with dependent variable Year (year in which the salary was observed) and predictors YearHire (year when the individual was hired), Race (1 if individual is black, 0 otherwise), and Rank (1 if individual is an assistant professor, 0 otherwise). Interpret these results. Variable Coefficient T P Intercept -3,816,521 -29.4 .000 Year 1,948 -29.8 .000 YearHire -826 -5.5 .000 Race -2,093 -4.3 .000 Rank -6,438 -22.3 .000 R2 = 0.811 R2sd = 0.809 S = 3,318