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A manufacturer of copying machines wishes to predict the number of copiers sold

ID: 2909706 • Letter: A

Question

A manufacturer of copying machines wishes to predict the number of copiers sold per week based on previous sales in each of three regions: Region A, Region B, and Region C. How many dummy variables should be used to represent the qualitative variable - sales region.

If we decide to use the variable X1 to represent Region A, which of the following structures must be used to indicate this

X1=0 if Region A
X1= 1 if other

X1= 1if Region A
X2= 1 if other

X1= 1if Region A
X1= 0 if other

X1=1if Region A
X2= 0 if other

A.

X1=0 if Region A
X1= 1 if other

B.

X1= 1if Region A
X2= 1 if other

C.

X1= 1if Region A
X1= 0 if other

D.

X1=1if Region A
X2= 0 if other

Explanation / Answer

ANSWER IS C

X1=1 if Region A

X1=0 if Other.

We use above structure to decide use variable X1 to represent region A.

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