* * * * M U L T I C O L L I N E A R I T Y * * * * ------------------ Variables in the Equation ------------------ Variable B SE B Beta T Sig T INCOME 15.782285 1.156137 .302403 13.651 .0000 CHILDREN 69.456072 41.396505 .064410 1.678 .0935 HOUSE -16.239462 32.474575 -.019490 -.500 .6171 (Constant) 98.052034 72.602665 1.351 .1770 [NOTE: "HMM, It seems like the effect of CHILDREN on EXPEND2 should be stronger. I think I'll check the correlation between CHILDREN and HOUSE."]        - - Correlation Coefficients - - CHILDREN HOUSE CHILDREN 1.0000 .8208 ( 2243) ( 2243) P= . P= .000 HOUSE .8208 1.0000 ( 2243) ( 2243) P= .000 P= . [NOTE: "HMM, the correlation between CHILDREN and HOUSE is rather high. I think I'll drop the HOUSE variable and see what happens.] ------------------ Variables in the Equation ------------------ Variable B SE B Beta T Sig T INCOME 15.642280 1.117310 .299814 14.000 .0000 CHILDREN 52.256679 23.095011 .048456 2.263 .0238 (Constant) 71.664163 50.542905 1.418 .1564