SCENARIO 13-8
a Financial Analyst Wanted to Examine the Relationship

question 79

Short Answer

SCENARIO 13-8
A financial analyst wanted to examine the relationship between salary (in $1,000) and 2 variables: age (X1 = Age) and experience in the field (X2 = Exper).He took a sample of 20 employees and obtained the following Microsoft Excel output: $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { l r } \hline { \text { Regression Statistics } } \\\hline \text { Multiple R } & 0.8535 \\\text { R Square } & 0.7284 \\\text { Adjusted R Square } & 0.6964 \\\text { Standard Error } & 10.5630 \\\text { Observations } & 20 \\\hline\end{array}\\\\\text { ANOYA }\\\begin{array} { l r c c c c } & d f & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & \text { F } & \text { Siqnificonce F } \\\hline \text { Regression } & 2 & 5086.5764 & 2543.2882 & 22.7941 & 0.0000 \\\text { Residual } & 17 & 1896.8050 & 111.5768 & & \\\text { Total } & 19 & 6983.3814 & & & \\\hline\end{array}\\\\\begin{array} { l r r r r r r } \hline & \text { Coefficients } & \text { Standard Error } & { t \text { Stat } } & \text { P-value } & \text { Lower 95\% } & \text { Upper 95\% } \\\hline \text { Intercept } & 1.5740 & 9.2723 & 0.1698 & 0.8672 & - 17.9888 & 21.1368 \\\text { Age } & 1.3045 & 0.1956 & 6.6678 & 0.0000 & 0.8917 & 1.7173 \\\text { Exper } & - 0.1478 & 0.1944 & - 0.7604 & 0.4574 & - 0.5580 & 0.2624 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Referring to SCENARIO 13-8, the analyst wants to use a t test to test for the significance of the coefficient of X2.For a level of significance of 0.01, the critical values of the test are _.

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Definitions:

Variable Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or output, such as materials and direct labor costs.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance, providing stability in a budget.

Contribution Margin

The difference between sales revenue and variable costs, indicating how much revenue contributes to covering fixed costs and profit generation.