Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 14.2, Problem 9E
Estimating Landscaping Expenditures. David’s Landscaping has collected data on home values (in thousands of $) and expenditures (in thousands of $) on landscaping with the hope of developing a predictive model to help marketing to potential new clients. Data for 14 households may be found in the file Landscape.
- a. Develop a
scatter diagram with home value as the independent variable. - b. What does the scatter plot developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables?
- c. Use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation.
- d. For every additional $1000 in home value, estimate how much additional will be spent on landscaping.
- e. Use the equation estimated in part (c) to predict the landscaping expenditures for a home valued at $575,000.
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