The Manager of a Fast Food Restaurant Wants to Determine

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Essay

The manager of a fast food restaurant wants to determine how sales in a given week are related to the number of discount vouchers (#) printed in the local newspaper during the week. The number of vouchers and sales ($000s) from 10 randomly selected weeks is given below with Excel regression output. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \text { Number of vouchers } & \text { Sales } \\\hline 4 & 12.8 \\\hline 7 & 15.4 \\\hline 5 & 13.9 \\\hline 3 & 11.2 \\\hline 19 & 18.7 \\\hline 10 & 17.9 \\\hline 8 & 16.8 \\\hline 6 & 15.9 \\\hline 3 & 11.5 \\\hline 5 & 13.9 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Identify possible outliers.

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Definitions:

Accident Forgiveness

An auto insurance feature that protects the insured from a rate increase following the first at-fault accident they cause.

Risky Driving

Driving behavior that increases the likelihood of an accident or harm, such as speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or not obeying traffic signals.

Safe Drivers

Individuals who exhibit behaviors and practices that significantly reduce the likelihood of being involved in accidents or receiving traffic citations.

Information Asymmetry

A situation where one party in a transaction has more or superior information compared to another. This can cause market inefficiencies and power imbalances.