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

question 221

Short Answer

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; 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 (Atitude 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 14-19, what is the p-value of the test statistic when testing whether the model is a good-fitting model?

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Definitions:

Bowenian Family Systems

A therapeutic approach developed by Murray Bowen that emphasizes family relationships as an integral part of an individual's emotional health, focusing on patterns of interaction and how family members relate to one another.

Transference Reaction

A phenomenon in psychotherapy where a client redirects feelings they have about significant people in their life onto the therapist.

Symmetrical Relationship

A relationship characterized by equality and balance in power and control between parties.

One-upsmanship

A competitive tactic aiming to gain superiority or show dominance by besting others in conversation, achievements, or activities.