Jensen Tire & Auto is in the process of deciding whether to purchase a maintenance contract for its new computer wheel alignment and balancing machine. Managers feel that maintenance expense should be related to usage, and they collected the following information on weekly usage (hours) and annual maintenance expense (in hundreds of dollars). Weekly Usage Annual (hours) Maintenance Expense 19 24 16 29 26 37 34 44 38 54 23 38 30 40 37 46 46 59 44 47 a. Develop the estimated regression equation that relates annual maintenance expense (in hundreds of dollars) to weekly usage hours (to 3 decimals). Expense = Weekly Usage b. Test the significance of the relationship in part (a) at a 0.05 level of significance. Compute the value of the F test statistic (to 2 decimals). The p value is - Select your answer - What is your conclusion? - Select your answer - c. Jensen expects the new machine to be used 30 hours per week. What is the expected annual maintenance expense in hundreds of dollars (to 2 decimals)? hundred Develop a 95% prediction interval for the company's annual maintenance expense for this machine (to 2 decimals). (S hundred, $ hundred ) d. If the maintenance contract costs $3000 per year, would you recommend purchasing the contract for the new machine in part (c)? Why or why not? - Select your answer -
Jensen Tire & Auto is in the process of deciding whether to purchase a maintenance contract for its new computer wheel alignment and balancing machine. Managers feel that maintenance expense should be related to usage, and they collected the following information on weekly usage (hours) and annual maintenance expense (in hundreds of dollars).
Weekly Usage (hours) |
Annual Maintenance Expense |
19 | 24 |
16 | 29 |
26 | 37 |
34 | 44 |
38 | 54 |
23 | 38 |
30 | 40 |
37 | 46 |
46 | 59 |
44 | 47 |
-select your answer choices-
b. p-value
less than 0.01
between 0.01 and 0.025
between 0.025 and 0.05
between 0.05 and 0.10
greater than 0.10
Conclusion
Do not conclude that there is a significant relationship between expense and weekly usage
Conclude that there is a significant relationship between expense and weekly usage
d.
No, the expected maintenance expense is less than $3000
Yes, the expected maintenance expense is greater than $3000
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