SCENARIO 14-6 One of the Most Common Questions of Prospective House Buyers

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SCENARIO 14-6
One of the most common questions of prospective house buyers pertains to the cost of heating in dollars (Y) . To provide its customers with information on that matter, a large real estate firm used the following 2 variables to predict heating costs: the daily minimum outside temperature in degrees of Fahrenheit ( X₁ ) and the amount of insulation in inches ( X ₂ ) . Given below is EXCEL output of the regression model.



Also SSR (X₁ | X₂) = 8343.3572 and SSR (X₂ | X₁) = 4199.2672
-Referring to Scenario 14-5,which of the independent variables in the model are significant at the 5% level?

• A)Capital,Wages
• B)Capital
• C)Wages
• D)None of the above

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