TABLE 17-12 The Marketing Manager for a Nationally Franchised Lawn Service Company

question 88

Short Answer

TABLE 17-12
The marketing manager for a nationally franchised lawn service company would like to study the characteristics that differentiate home owners who do and do not have a lawn service.A random sample of 30 home owners located in a suburban area near a large city was selected; 15 did not have a lawn service (code 0)and 15 had a lawn service (code 1).Additional information available concerning these 30 home owners includes family income (Income,in thousands of dollars),lawn size (Lawn Size,in thousands of square feet),attitude toward outdoor recreational activities (Attitude 0 = unfavorable,1 = favorable),number of teenagers in the household (Teenager),and age of the head of the household (Age).
The Minitab output is given below:
-Referring to Table 17-12,what is the p-value of the test statistic when testing whether the model is a good-fitting model?

Grasp the concept of the value of the marginal product of labor.

Recognize how changes in productivity and the cost of production factors affect firm decisions.

Analyze the impact of management training on firm productivity.

Understand the production decisions based on marginal revenue product and product price.

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