A Large Auto Dealership Is Interested in Determining the Number

question 74

Essay

A large auto dealership is interested in determining the number of cars that will be sold in a given quarter. The management of the dealership believes that a relationship can be found between the number of cars sold (Y), the advertised price ( ) and the current interest rates ( ). Their past experience shows that they tend to have better luck using a non-linear relationship. Below is the output from a regression analysis using the natural logarithm of the variables in the model.
-(A) Use the information above to estimate the regression model.
(B) Interpret each of the estimated regression coefficients of the regression model in (A).
(C) Does using a non-linear model seem to be a good choice in this example? Explain your answer.

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