Correlation and Regression Analysis
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The owner of a retail store randomly selected the following weekly data on profits and advertising cost.
Week Advertising Cost ($) Profit ($)
1 0 200
2 50 270
3 250 420
4 150 300
5 125 325
1. Compute the least squares estimated line and predict profits for an advertising cost of $200.
2. Develop a scatter diagram and compute both the correlation coefficient and the coefficient of determination.
3. Using a 0.05 level of significance, determine if there is a significant relationship between weekly advertising cost and profits. Conduct both a t test and an F test (perform all six steps of hypothesis testing and show the ANOVA table).
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