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Data from Consumer Reports New Care Buying Guide 2003-2004 of 43 vechicles ( Par

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Question

Data from Consumer Reports New Care Buying Guide 2003-2004 of 43 vechicles ( Partial data shown below) was used to develop a multiple linear regression model to study fule economy. City =EPA miles per in gallon city driving, Lenght = vehile lengh (inches), Width = vehicle width (inches, Weight = weight (pounds), Japan = 1 if car maker is japanses, 0 otherwise. The regression output?

Response Variable?

Qualitative Variable?

Which of the variables have significant slopes (use alpha of 0.05)?

Which variables is not significnat (use alpha 0.05)?

ANOVA F- test?

Is the molde significant using significance level of 0.05?

Obs Vehicle City Length Width Weight Japan 1 Acura CL 20 192 69 3450 1 2 Accura TSX 23 183 59 3320 1 3 BMW 3 serier 19 176 69 3390 0 4 Buick Century 20 195 73 3350 0 5 Buick Rendezvous 18 187 74 4230 0 6 Cadillac Seville 18 201 75 4050 0

Explanation / Answer

Data from Consumer Reports New Care Buying Guide 2003-2004 of 43 vechicles ( Partial data shown below) was used to develop a multiple linear regression model to study fule economy. City =EPA miles per in gallon city driving, Lenght = vehile lengh (inches), Width = vehicle width (inches, Weight = weight (pounds), Japan = 1 if car maker is japanses, 0 otherwise. The regression output?

Regression Analysis

0.952

Adjusted R²

0.762

n

6

R

0.976

k

4

Std. Error

0.908

Dep. Var.

City

ANOVA table

Source

SS

df

MS

F

p-value

Regression

16.5096

4  

4.1274

5.01

.3218

Residual

0.8237

1  

0.8237

Total

17.3333

5  

Regression output

confidence interval

variables

coefficients

std. error

   t (df=1)

p-value

95% lower

95% upper

Intercept

33.0492

9.0310

3.660

.1698

-81.7007

147.7992

Length

0.0757

0.0661

1.145

.4569

-0.7642

0.9156

Width

-0.3333

0.1658

-2.010

.2938

-2.4398

1.7732

Weight

-0.0012

0.0013

-0.894

.5356

-0.0179

0.0155

Japan

-0.4313

1.4828

-0.291

.8198

-19.2721

18.4094

Response Variable: city

Qualitative Variable: Length, Width, Weight, Japan

Which of the variables have significant slopes (use alpha of 0.05)?

No variables significant

Which variables is not significnat (use alpha 0.05)?

All the four Length, Width, Weight, Japan are not significant.

ANOVA F- test?

F=5.01, P=0.3218 > 0.05 level. Test is not significant.

Is the model significant using significance level of 0.05?

The model is not significant at significance level of 0.05.

Regression Analysis

0.952

Adjusted R²

0.762

n

6

R

0.976

k

4

Std. Error

0.908

Dep. Var.

City

ANOVA table

Source

SS

df

MS

F

p-value

Regression

16.5096

4  

4.1274

5.01

.3218

Residual

0.8237

1  

0.8237

Total

17.3333

5  

Regression output

confidence interval

variables

coefficients

std. error

   t (df=1)

p-value

95% lower

95% upper

Intercept

33.0492

9.0310

3.660

.1698

-81.7007

147.7992

Length

0.0757

0.0661

1.145

.4569

-0.7642

0.9156

Width

-0.3333

0.1658

-2.010

.2938

-2.4398

1.7732

Weight

-0.0012

0.0013

-0.894

.5356

-0.0179

0.0155

Japan

-0.4313

1.4828

-0.291

.8198

-19.2721

18.4094