Consider a Time Series with 15 Quarterly Sales Observations

question 71

Short Answer

Consider a time series with 15 quarterly sales observations. Using the quadratic trend model, the following partial computer output was obtained.
State the two-sided null and alternative hypotheses to test the significance of the t² term.

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