The Brock Juice Company Has Developed a Regression Model Relating

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The Brock Juice Company has developed a regression model relating sales Y in $10,000s) with four independent variables. The four independent variables are price per unit X1, in dollars), competitor's price X2, in dollars), advertising X3, in $1,000s) and type of container used X4) 1 = Cans and 0 = Bottles). Part of the regression results are shown below:
Analysis of Variance
Source of Variation
Degrees of Freedom
Sum of Squares
Regression 4 283,940.60
Error Residuals) 18 621,735.14
a. Compute the coefficient of determination and fully interpret its meaning.
b. Is the regression model significant? Explain what your answer implies. Let α = 0.05.
c. What has been the sample size for this analysis?

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