Table 1 below provides slopes, standard errors, and beta's for several variables used to predict levels of self-control (higher scores = lower self-control) for respondents living in "good" and "bad" neighborhoods.

Table 1.OLS Regression Predicting Low Self-Control Across Neighborhood Type

Good Neighborhoods

(n = 356)

Bad Neighborhoods

(n = 186)

Measure

B

SE

Beta

B

SE

Beta

Age (in Years)

-.215*

.094

-.117

.107

.160

.050

Sex (1 = Males)

.699**

.224

.160

.129

.361

.026

Race (1 = Whites)

.059

.261

.012

-.499

.382

-.101

Parental Supervision

(Higher = More Supervision)

-.277**

.023

-.063

-.026

.364

-.005

Parental Responsiveness

(Higher = More Responsive)

-.098**

.032

.161

.096

.058

.228

School Socialization

(Higher = More Socialization)

-.249**

.085

-.154

-.042

.112

-.027

Maternal Smoking

(1 = Smoked During Pregnancy)

.580*

.277

.109

1.02**

.388

.193

Constant

6.105

1.750

.460

2.620

R²

.313

.273

* p < .05; ** p < .01

1.Calculate the predicted self-control score for a person living in a good neighborhood who is 18 years old, male, who scores a 12 on parental supervision, a 15 on parental responsiveness, a 10 on school socialization, and whose mother smoked during pregnancy.Then, calculate the self-control score for a person living in a good neighborhood who is 21 years old, female, who scores an 8 on parental supervision, a 10 on parental responsiveness, a 6 on school socialization, and whose mother smoked during pregnancy.If having low self-control is a significant predictor of delinquency, which individual (#1 or #2) would be more at risk of engaging in delinquency?

2.What is the strongest independent variable for the model predicting self-control for respondents living in good neighborhoods?What is the strongest independent variable for the model predicting self-control for respondents living in bad neighborhoods?

3 In every situation above, the standard errors for the model predicting self-control for respondents in good neighborhoods are lower than the standard errors predicting self-control for respondents in bad neighborhoods.What might be one reason why this might occur?

4.A coefficient is significant when the t value associated with the coefficient exceeds the critical t value at the appropriate degrees of freedom.In table 1, calculate the t value for school socialization and maternal smoking variables (2 separate t values).