TABLE 16-10 The Manager of a Marketing Consulting Firm Has Been Examining

question 67

Short Answer

TABLE 16-10
The manager of a marketing consulting firm has been examining his company's yearly profits. He believes that these profits have been showing a quadratic trend since 1990. He uses Microsoft Excel to obtain the partial output below. The dependent variable is profit (in thousands of dollars), while the independent variables are coded years and squared of coded years, where 1990 is coded as 0, 1991 is coded as 1, etc.
SUMMARY OUTPUT
Regression Statistics

-Referring to Table 16-10, the forecast for profits in 2010 is ________.

---

Definitions:

Accrual Accounting

An accounting method that recognizes revenue and expenses when they are incurred, not necessarily when cash is exchanged, enhancing the accuracy of financial statements.

Financial Statements

Formal records of the financial activities and position of a business, organization, or person, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.

Adjusting Entries

Journal entries made in accounting to update the accounts and bring them to their correct balances before the preparation of financial statements.

Period End

The conclusion of a specific accounting period, at which point financial statements are prepared.