Question: The data set contains the variables defined below. Use SPSS (or otherwise) to answer the items which follow.

Y The graduation rate of the fifty colleges

x1 The combined average SAT scores of students accepted at the college

x2 Out of the number of applicants to the school, the percentage accepted

x3 The amount of money a college spends per student

x4 The percentage of faculty members at the college holding a Ph D degree

Is the acceptance rate a significant predictor of graduation rate controlling for SAT

scores and the percentage of PhD faculty? What is the partial correlation of

acceptance rate with graduation rate controlling for SAT and PhD percentage?

Interpret the square of this correlation.