forecaster used the regression equation Qt = a + bt + c1D1 + c2D2 + c3D3 and quarterly sales data for 2004I–2021IV (t = 1, ..., 64) for an appliance manufacturer to obtain the results shown below. Q is quarterly sales, and D1, D2 and D3 are dummy variables for quarters I, II, and III.   DEPENDENT VARIABLE: QT R-SQUARE F-RATIO P-VALUE ON F OBSERVATIONS: 64 0.8768 107.982 0.0001 VARIABLE   PARAMETER ESTIMATE STANDARD

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A forecaster used the regression equation

Qt = a + bt + c1D1 + c2D2 + c3D3

and quarterly sales data for 2004I–2021IV (t = 1, ..., 64) for an appliance manufacturer to obtain the results shown below. Q is quarterly sales, and D1, D2 and D3 are dummy variables for quarters I, II, and III.


 

DEPENDENT VARIABLE: QT R-SQUARE F-RATIO P-VALUE ON F
OBSERVATIONS: 64 0.8768 107.982 0.0001
VARIABLE   PARAMETER ESTIMATE STANDARD ERROR T-RATIO P-VALUE
INTERCEPT   30.0 12.80 2.34 0.0224
T   1.5 0.70 2.14 0.0362
D1   10.0 3.00 3.33 0.0015
D2   25.0 7.20 3.47 0.0010
D3   40.0 15.80 2.53 0.0140

 

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