Introduction to Management Science 12th Edition by Bernard Taylor

Exercise 38

The manager of the Ramona Inn Hotel near Cloverleaf Stadium believes that how well the local Blue Sox professional baseball team is playing has an impact on the occupancy rate at the hotel during the summer months. Following are the number of victories for the Blue Sox (in a 162-game schedule) for the past 8 years and the hotel occupancy rates:
Develop a linear regression model for these data and forecast the occupancy rate for next year if the Blue Sox wins 88 games.