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The following is output from regression analysis performed to develop a model fo

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Question

The following is output from regression analysis performed to develop a model for predicting a firm’s Price-Earnings Ratio (PE) based on Growth Rate, Profit Margin, and whether or not the firm is Green (1 = Yes, 0 = No).

The regression equation is

PE= 8.04 + 0.757 Growth Rate + 0.0516 Profit Margin + 2 .09 Green

Predictor           Coef SE     Coef        T        P

Constant     8.043        1.570       5.12 0.000

Growth Rate      0.7569      0.1355      5.59   0.000

Profit Margin     0.05162    0.03239     1.59    0.139

Green?             2.0900        0.7945       2.63    0.023

S = 1.12583 R-Sq = 87.8%

Analysis of Variance

Source                      DF                         SS                     MS    F                          P

Regression              3                         100.709              33.570                   26.48                  0.000

Residual Error        11                          13.942               1.267

Total                       14                          114.651

Based on the F-statistic and associated p-value, we can conclude at = .05 that all independent variables in the model are significant and the regression equation is significant.

Using the regression output given above, at = .05 we can conclude that:

A. Growth Rate is not a significant variable in predicting a firm’s PE ratio.

B. Profit Margin is a significant variable in predicting a firm’s PE ratio.

C. The regression coefficient associated with Growth Rate is not significantly different from zero.

D. Whether or not a firm is Green is significant in predicting its PE ratio.

E. The regression coefficient associated with Profit Margin is significantly different from zero.

Explanation / Answer

Using the regression output given above, at = .05 we can conclude that:

B. Profit Margin is a significant variable in predicting a firm’s PE ratio.

we canc onclude that because p value is lower than 0.05 so the analysis is significant