Estimate SHATTA MOVEMENT LTD normal fixed and variable cost of production using linear regression.

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Shatta movement LTD produces a single product. The company's directors want to explore new markets, and they require an accurate analysis of the firm's cost structure for both forecasting and pricing purpose. An attemp to provide this analysis from the aggregation of individual cost has produced a poor correspondence between actual and predicted cost. You are an accountant employee by Shatta Movement Ltd, and you have been asked to provide a statistical approach to the problem. The financial director has given you the following data: 

Period output (unit)

average unit cost (GHS)

July

August

September

October

November

December

9,000

14,000

11,000

8,000

6,000

12,000

12.8

13

11.4

12

13

11.7

You obtain the following further information:

1. The cost from which the averages have been computed consist of the firm's entire cost for the relevant month.

2. Fixed coat can be assumed to be unaffected by seasonal factors except for harmattan heating. In July and August a supplementary heating system was employed; this cost GHS 10,000 per month to operate.

Required:

Estimate SHATTA MOVEMENT LTD normal fixed and variable cost of production using linear regression.

 

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