The following data represent a company’s yearly sales volume and its advertising  expenditure over a period of 5 years.                          (Y)                                             (X)             Sales in Millions                       Advertising                Of Dollars                               in ($10,000)                      15                                               32                      16                                               33                      18                                               35                      17                                               34                      16                                               36   Develop a scatter diagram of sales versus advertising and explain what it shows regarding the relationship between sales and advertising. Use the method of least squares to compute an estimated regression line between sales and advertising by computing b0 and b1   If the company’s advertising expenditures is $400,000, what are the predicted sales? Give the answer in dollars. What does the slope of the estimated regression line indicate?

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The following data represent a company’s yearly sales volume and its advertising  expenditure over a period of 5 years.

 

                       (Y)                                             (X)

            Sales in Millions                       Advertising

               Of Dollars                               in ($10,000)

                     15                                               32

                     16                                               33

                     18                                               35

                     17                                               34

                     16                                               36

 

  1. Develop a scatter diagram of sales versus advertising and explain what it shows regarding the relationship between sales and advertising.
  2. Use the method of least squares to compute an estimated regression line between sales and advertising by computing b0 and b1  
  3. If the company’s advertising expenditures is $400,000, what are the predicted sales? Give the answer in dollars.
  4. What does the slope of the estimated regression line indicate?
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