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A researcher wants to examine if earnings are related to height of individuals in the following way: EARNINGS = β1 + β2 HEIGHT + u. With data on 48 individuals, he wants to test if β2 = 0 against the alternative β2 ≠ 0. The critical values of t for 5% and 1% levels are given in the table below. What would the researcher's conclusion be if b2 = 0.30, s.e.(b2) = 0.12?

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