Pearson eText Business Statistics: First Course -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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The U.S. Postal Service is attempting to reduce the number of complaints made by the public against its workers. To facilitate this task, a staff analyst for the service regresses the number of complaints lodged against an employee last year on the hourly wage of the employee for the year. The analyst ran a simple linear regression in SPSS. The results are shown below.
What proportion of variation in the number of complaints can be explained by hourly wages?
From the results shown above, write the regression equation
If wages were increased by $1.00, what is the expected effect on the number of complaints received per employee?
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The U.S. Postal Service is attempting to reduce the number of complaints made by the public against its workers. To facilitate this task, a staff analyst for the service regresses the number of complaints lodged against an employee last year on the hourly wage of the employee for the year. The analyst ran a simple linear regression in SPSS. The results are shown below.
The current minimum wage is $5.15. If an employee earns the minimum wage, how many complaints can that employee expect to receive?
Is the regression coefficient statistically significant? How can you tell?
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