1. A regression was carried out aimed at assessing the effect of the offer price of an initial public offering (IPO) on the chances of failure of the ?rm issuing the IPO over various time periods from the time of the offering (the maximum length of time being 5 years). The sample was of 2,058 ?rms, and the regression slope estimate was -0.051. The reported p-value was 0.034.13 What was the standard error of the slope estimate? Interpret the ?ndings.
2. A study was undertaken to ?nd out whether neuroticism affected job per- formance. The slope estimate of the regression line was 0.16 and the r 2 was 0.19. The sample size was 151. The reported value of the statistical signi?cance of the slope esti- mate was p 0.001, two-tailed.14 Interpret and discuss these ?ndings. Does the degree of "neurosis" affect a worker's performance for the particular jobs studied in this research?