SCENARIO 14-4 A Real Estate Builder Wishes to Determine How House Size

question 140

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-4
A real estate builder wishes to determine how house size (House) is influenced by family income (Income) and family size (Size) . House size is measured in hundreds of square feet and income is measured in thousands of dollars. The builder randomly selected 50 families and ran the multiple regression. Partial Microsoft Excel output is provided below:


Also SSR (X₁ | X₂) = 36400.6326 and SSR (X₁ | X₂) = 3297.7917
-Referring to Scenario 14-3,to test for the significance of the coefficient on aggregate price,the value of the relevant t-statistic is

• A)2.365
• B)0.143
• C)- 0.219
• D)- 1.960

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Definitions:

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard expected quantity, multiplied by the standard cost per unit.

Standard Pounds

A measurement unit used to standardize or reference weight in the production or processing of materials.

Labor Quantity Standard

The predetermined amount of labor time expected to be consumed during the production of a good or service.

Downtime

The period during which an asset or system is not operational or productive, often due to maintenance or repair.