TABLE 14-19 The Marketing Manager for a Nationally Franchised Lawn Service Company

question 200

Multiple Choice

TABLE 14-19
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; 11 did not have a lawn service (code 0) and 19 had a lawn service (code 1) .Additional information available concerning these 30 home owners includes family income (Income,in thousands of dollars) and lawn size (Lawn Size,in thousands of square feet) .
The PHStat output is given below:
-Referring to Table 14-19,which of the following is the correct interpretation for the Income slope coefficient?

• A)Holding constant the effect of lawn size,the estimated number of lawn services purchased increases by 0.0304 for each increase of one thousand dollars in family income.
• B)Holding constant the effect of lawn size,the estimated average number of lawn services purchased increases by 0.0304 for each increase of one thousand dollars in family income.
• C)Holding constant the effect of lawn size,the estimated probability of purchasing a lawn service increases by 0.0304 for each increase of one thousand dollars in family income.
• D)Holding constant the effect of lawn size,the estimated natural logarithm of the odds ratio of purchasing a lawn service increases by 0.0304 for each increase of one thousand dollars in family income.

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Definitions:

Capacity Utilization Rate

The percentage of a firm's total potential production capacity that is actually being utilized in the production of goods or services.

Manufacturing Firms

Companies engaged in the industrial process of converting raw materials into finished products through human labor and machinery.

Disposable Income

The disposable income households have for expenditures and savings, post-income taxation.

C + I

A formula component in macroeconomics representing total private consumption (C) plus total private investment (I).