A company randomly samples 48 months of monthly output and monthly total cost data. The sampled data will be used to develop a total cost curve for the company. The company believes that its monthly total cost depends, to a large extent on its monthly output, and hopes that a simple linear regression model will be useful in analyzing how total costs vary as monthly output varies. The company proposes the following model: Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost per Unit *Monthly Output. Recall that fixed costs do not vary with the level of monthly output, while the variable cost per unit describes the change in total costs when monthly output changes by one unit. Regression Statistics Standard Error 64.252 Observations 48

A company randomly samples 48 months of monthly output and monthly total cost data. The sampled data will be used to develop a total cost curve for the company. The company believes that its monthly total cost depends, to a large extent on its monthly output, and hopes that a simple linear regression model will be useful in analyzing how total costs vary as monthly output varies. The company proposes the following model: Total Cost = Fixed Cost + Variable Cost per Unit *Monthly Output. Recall that fixed costs do not vary with the level of monthly output, while the variable cost per unit describes the change in total costs when monthly output changes by one unit. Regression Statistics Standard Error 64.252 Observations 48

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter1: Equations And Graphs

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Problem 10T: Olympic Pole Vault The graph in Figure 7 indicates that in recent years the winning Olympic men’s...

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Olympic Pole Vault The graph in Figure 7 indicates that in recent years the winning Olympic men’s pole vault height has fallen below the value predicted by the regression line in Example 2. This might have occurred because when the pole vault was a new event there was much room for improvement in vaulters’ performances, whereas now even the best training can produce only incremental advances. Let’s see whether concentrating on more recent results gives a better predictor of future records. (a) Use the data in Table 2 (page 176) to complete the table of winning pole vault heights shown in the margin. (Note that we are using x=0 to correspond to the year 1972, where this restricted data set begins.) (b) Find the regression line for the data in part ‚(a). (c) Plot the data and the regression line on the same axes. Does the regression line seem to provide a good model for the data? (d) What does the regression line predict as the winning pole vault height for the 2012 Olympics? Compare this predicted value to the actual 2012 winning height of 5.97 m, as described on page 177. Has this new regression line provided a better prediction than the line in Example 2?
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