To Encourage Performance, Loyalty, and Continuing Education, the Human Resources

Multiple Choice

To encourage performance, loyalty, and continuing education, the human resources department at a large company wants to develop a regression-based compensation model for mid-level managers based on three variables: business unit-profitability in $1,000s (Profit) , years with company (Years) , and a dummy variable (Grad) which takes on 1 when the individual holds a graduate degree in a relevant field and 0 otherwise. Data have been collected for 36 managers. The sample regression equation is = - 13,264.3 + 14.13Profit + 1,868.53Years + 45,121.94Grad - 0.1539Profit × Grad - 198.34 Years × Grad. Which of the following is the predicted value of Compensation for a manager having 15 years with the company, a graduate degree, and a business-unit profit of $4,800,000?

A) $121,492.60
B) $108,324.80
C) $101,749.70
D) $112,101.60