Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14.9, Problem 14.52ACB
Forecasting monthly car and truck sales. Forecasts of automotive vehicle sales in the United States provide the basis for financial and strategic planning at large automotive corporations. The following forecasting model was developed for Yt, total monthly passenger car and light truck sales (in thousands):
E(Yt) = β0 + β1x1 + β2x2 + β3x3 + β4x4 + β5x5
where x1 = average monthly retail price of regular gasoline, x2 = annual percentage change in GDP per quarter, x3 = monthly consumer confidence index, x4 = total number of vehicles scrapped (millions) per month, and x5 = vehicle seasonality. The model was fit to monthly data collected over a 12-year period (i.e., n = 144 months), with the following results: R2 = .856, Durbin-Watson d = 1.01.
a. Is there sufficient evidence to indicate that the overall model contributes information for the prediction of monthly passenger car and light truck sales? Test using a = .05.
b. Is there sufficient evidence to indicate that the regression errors are
c. Comment on the validity of the inference concerning model adequacy in light of the result of part b.
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