The Fonda Company Used Regression Analysis to Predict the Annual

question 140

Multiple Choice

The Fonda Company used regression analysis to predict the annual cost of utilities. The results were as follows: Utilities Cost
Explained by Direct Labor Hours
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Constant } & \$ 6,650 \\\text { Standard error of Y estimate } & \$ 745.20 \\\text { R - squared } & 0.9350 \\\text { No. of observations } & 32 \\\text { Degrees of freedom } & 30 \\& \\\text { X coefficients) } & 9.438 \\\text { Standard error of coefficients) } & 0.287\end{array}$ The coefficient of determination is ____.

• A)0.287
• B)32
• C)9.438
• D)0.9350

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