Exam 13: Simple Linear Regression

TABLE 13-2 A candy bar manufacturer is interested in trying to estimate how sales are influenced by the price of their product.To do this,the company randomly chooses 6 small cities and offers the candy bar at different prices.Using candy bar sales as the dependent variable,the company will conduct a simple linear regression on the data below: -Referring to Table 13-2,to test that the regression coefficient,β₁,is not equal to 0,what would be the critical values? Use α = 0.05.

If you wanted to find out if alcohol consumption (measured in fluid oz.)and grade point average on a 4-point scale are linearly related,you would perform a

TABLE 13-13 In this era of tough economic conditions,voters increasingly ask the question: "Is the educational achievement level of students dependent on the amount of money the state in which they reside spends on education?" The partial computer output below is the result of using spending per student ($)as the independent variable and composite score which is the sum of the math,science and reading scores as the dependent variable on 35 states that participated in a study.The table includes only partial results. -Referring to Table 13-13,the error sum of squares (SSE)of the above regression is ________.

The sample correlation coefficient between X and Y is 0.375.It has been found out that the p-value is 0.256 when testing H₀: ρ = 0 against the one-sided alternative H₁: ρ > 0.To test H₀: ρ = 0 against the two-sided alternative H₁: ρ ≠ 0 at a significance level of 0.1,the p-value is

TABLE 13-11 A computer software developer would like to use the number of downloads (in thousands)for the trial version of his new shareware to predict the amount of revenue (in thousands of dollars)he can make on the full version of the new shareware.Following is the output from a simple linear regression along with the residual plot and normal probability plot obtained from a data set of 30 different sharewares that he has developed: -Referring to Table 13-11,which of the following is the correct null hypothesis for testing whether there is a linear relationship between revenue and the number of downloads?

TABLE 13-9 It is believed that,the average numbers of hours spent studying per day (HOURS)during undergraduate education should have a positive linear relationship with the starting salary (SALARY,measured in thousands of dollars per month)after graduation.Given below is the Excel output for predicting starting salary (Y)using number of hours spent studying per day (X)for a sample of 51 students.NOTE: Only partial output is shown. Note: 2.051E - 05 = 2.051*10⁻⁰⁵ and 5.944E - 18 = 5.944*10⁻¹⁸. -Referring to Table 13-9,the p-value of the measured F-test statistic to test whether HOURS affects SALARY is

The residual represents the discrepancy between the observed dependent variable and its ________ value.

TABLE 13-4 The managers of a brokerage firm are interested in finding out if the number of new clients a broker brings into the firm affects the sales generated by the broker.They sample 12 brokers and determine the number of new clients they have enrolled in the last year and their sales amounts in thousands of dollars.These data are presented in the table that follows. -Referring to Table 13-4,________ % of the total variation in sales generated can be explained by the number of new clients brought in.

TABLE 13-13 In this era of tough economic conditions,voters increasingly ask the question: "Is the educational achievement level of students dependent on the amount of money the state in which they reside spends on education?" The partial computer output below is the result of using spending per student ($)as the independent variable and composite score which is the sum of the math,science and reading scores as the dependent variable on 35 states that participated in a study.The table includes only partial results. -Referring to Table 13-13,the conclusion on the test of whether spending per student affects composite score using a 5% level of significance is

TABLE 13-13 In this era of tough economic conditions,voters increasingly ask the question: "Is the educational achievement level of students dependent on the amount of money the state in which they reside spends on education?" The partial computer output below is the result of using spending per student ($)as the independent variable and composite score which is the sum of the math,science and reading scores as the dependent variable on 35 states that participated in a study.The table includes only partial results. -Referring to Table 13-13,the decision on the test of whether composite score depends linearly on spending per student using a 10% level of significance is to ________ (reject or not reject)H₀.

TABLE 13-11 A computer software developer would like to use the number of downloads (in thousands)for the trial version of his new shareware to predict the amount of revenue (in thousands of dollars)he can make on the full version of the new shareware.Following is the output from a simple linear regression along with the residual plot and normal probability plot obtained from a data set of 30 different sharewares that he has developed: -Referring to Table 13-11,which of the following is the correct alternative hypothesis for testing whether there is a linear relationship between revenue and the number of downloads?

TABLE 13-12 The manager of the purchasing department of a large saving and loan organization would like to develop a model to predict the amount of time (measured in hours)it takes to record a loan application.Data are collected from a sample of 30 days,and the number of applications recorded and completion time in hours is recorded.Below is the regression output: Note: 4.3946E-15 is 4.3946 × -Referring to Table 13-12,what percentage of the variation in the amount of time needed can be explained by the variation in the number of invoices processed?

TABLE 13-4 The managers of a brokerage firm are interested in finding out if the number of new clients a broker brings into the firm affects the sales generated by the broker.They sample 12 brokers and determine the number of new clients they have enrolled in the last year and their sales amounts in thousands of dollars.These data are presented in the table that follows. -Referring to Table 13-4,the managers of the brokerage firm wanted to test the hypothesis that the population slope was equal to 0.At a level of significance of 0.01,the null hypothesis should be ________ (rejected or not rejected).

If the Durbin-Watson statistic has a value close to 4,which assumption is violated?

TABLE 13-13 In this era of tough economic conditions,voters increasingly ask the question: "Is the educational achievement level of students dependent on the amount of money the state in which they reside spends on education?" The partial computer output below is the result of using spending per student ($)as the independent variable and composite score which is the sum of the math,science and reading scores as the dependent variable on 35 states that participated in a study.The table includes only partial results. -Referring to Table 13-13,what percentage of the variation in composite score can be explained by the variation in spending per student?

TABLE 13-11 A computer software developer would like to use the number of downloads (in thousands)for the trial version of his new shareware to predict the amount of revenue (in thousands of dollars)he can make on the full version of the new shareware.Following is the output from a simple linear regression along with the residual plot and normal probability plot obtained from a data set of 30 different sharewares that he has developed: -Referring to table 13-11,which of the following is the correct interpretation for the slope coefficient?

TABLE 13-10 The management of a chain electronic store would like to develop a model for predicting the weekly sales (in thousands of dollars)for individual stores based on the number of customers who made purchases.A random sample of 12 stores yields the following results: -Referring to Table 13-10,what is the p-value of the t test statistic when testing whether the number of customers who make a purchase affects weekly sales?

TABLE 13-10 The management of a chain electronic store would like to develop a model for predicting the weekly sales (in thousands of dollars)for individual stores based on the number of customers who made purchases.A random sample of 12 stores yields the following results: -Referring to Table 13-10,93.98% of the total variation in weekly sales can be explained by the variation in the number of customers who make purchases.

TABLE 13-10 The management of a chain electronic store would like to develop a model for predicting the weekly sales (in thousands of dollars)for individual stores based on the number of customers who made purchases.A random sample of 12 stores yields the following results: -Referring to Table 13-10,which is the correct null hypothesis for testing whether the number of customers who make a purchase affects weekly sales?

TABLE 13-12 The manager of the purchasing department of a large saving and loan organization would like to develop a model to predict the amount of time (measured in hours)it takes to record a loan application.Data are collected from a sample of 30 days,and the number of applications recorded and completion time in hours is recorded.Below is the regression output: Note: 4.3946E-15 is 4.3946 × -Referring to Table 13-12,you can be 95% confident that the mean amount of time needed to record one additional loan application is somewhere between 0.0109 and 0.0143 hours.