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Critics of television often refer to the detrimental effects that all the violence shown on television has on children. However, there may be another problem. It may be that watching television also reduces the amount of physical exercise, causing weight gains.The following regression estimates show the relationship between the number of kilograms (in kgs) a child is overweight by, and the number of hours of television viewing per weekoverweight  =  0.55 +    0.13 hours (0.27)       (0.04)  Standard errors are shown in the brackets. The sample size is N=1800.Based on the regression results, how much does overweight change if the average number hours spent watching television is increased by 2 hours?Group of answer choicesIncrease by 0.26.Increase by 0.04.Increase by 0.13.Decrease by 0.13.

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Critics of television often refer to the detrimental effects that all the violence shown on television has on children. However, there may be another problem. It may be that watching television also reduces the amount of physical exercise, causing weight gains.The following regression estimates show the relationship between the number of kilograms (in kgs) a child is overweight by, and the number of hours of television viewing per weekoverweight  =  0.55 +    0.13 hours (0.27)       (0.04)  Standard errors are shown in the brackets. The sample size is N=1800.Based on the regression results, how much does overweight change if the average number hours spent watching television is increased by 2 hours?Group of answer choicesIncrease by 0.26.Increase by 0.04.Increase by 0.13.Decrease by 0.13.

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Based on the regression results, the coefficient for the number of hours of television viewing per week is 0.13. This means that for each additional hour of television watched per week, the amount a child is overweight by increases by 0.13 kg.

If the average number of hours spent watching television is increased by 2 hours, then the amount a child is overweight by would increase by 0.13 kg * 2 = 0.26 kg.

So, the correct answer is: Increase by 0.26.

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