Twenty-One Executives in a Large Corporation Were Randomly Selected for a Study

question 56

Short Answer

Twenty-one executives in a large corporation were randomly selected for a study to determine the effect of several factors on annual salary (expressed in $000's).The factors selected were age,seniority,years of college,number of company divisions they had been exposed to and the level of their responsibility.A regression analysis was performed using a popular spreadsheet program with the following regression output: Write out the multiple regression equation._______________________

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Definitions:

Labor Hours

The total number of work hours spent by employees on a given task or project.

Objective Function

Describes the formula or model that a decision-making process seeks to optimize.

Minimize Cost

The process of finding the strategy or path that leads to the lowest possible cost while satisfying all constraints and meeting all requirements.

Wholesale Cost

The price charged for goods and services when sold in large quantities for resale by the purchaser.