Abby Kratz,a Market Specialist at the Market Research Firm of Saez,Sikes,and

Multiple Choice

Abby Kratz,a market specialist at the market research firm of Saez,Sikes,and Spitz,is analyzing household budget data collected by her firm. Abby's dependent variable is weekly household expenditures on groceries (in $'s) ,and her independent variables are annual household income (in $1,000's) and household neighborhood (0 = suburban,1 = rural) . Regression analysis of the data yielded the following table. Abby's model is ________________.

A) y = 19.68247 + 10.01176 x₁ + 1.965934 x₂
B) y = 1.965934 + 9.940612 x₁ + 6.416667 x₂
C) y = 10.01176 + 0.174564 x₁ + 7.655776 x₂
D) y = 19.68247 - 1.735272 x₁ + 49.12456 x₂
E) y = 19.68247 + 1.735272 x₁ + 49.12456 x₂