SCENARIO 13-5
a Microeconomist Wants to Determine How Corporate Sales

question 228

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 13-5
A microeconomist wants to determine how corporate sales are influenced by capital and wage spending by companies.She proceeds to randomly select 26 large corporations and record information in millions of dollars.The Microsoft Excel output below shows results of this multiple regression. SUMMARY OUTPUT
Regression Statistics
$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Multiple R } & 0.830 \\ \text { R Square } & 0.689 \\ \text { Adjusted R Square } & 0.662 \\ \text { Standard Error } & 17501.643 \\ \text { Observations } & 26 \end{array}$
ANOVA
$\begin{array} { l r c c c c } & d f & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & F & \text { Signif } F \\ \text { Regression } & 2 & 15579777040 & 7789888520 & 25.432 & 0.0001 \\ \text { Residual } & 23 & 7045072780 & 306307512 & & \\ \text { Total } & 25 & 22624849820 & & & \end{array}$


$\begin{array}{lrrrr} & \text { Coeff } & \text { StdError } & t \text { Stat } & \text { P-value } \\\text { Intercept } & 15800.0000 & 6038.2999 & 2.617 & 0.0154 \\\text { Capital } & 0.1245 & 0.2045 & 0.609 & 0.5485 \\\text { Wages } & 7.0762 & 1.4729 & 4.804 & 0.0001\end{array}$

-Referring to SCENARIO 13-5, one company in the sample had sales of $21.439 billion (Sales =21,439) .This company spent $300 million on capital and $700 million on wages.What is the residual (in millions of dollars) for this data point?

• A)790.69
• B)648.31
• C)-648.31
• D)-790.69

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Definitions:

Work-In-Process Inventory

The cost of unfinished goods in the manufacturing process including labor, material, and overhead.

Total Manufacturing Cost

The aggregate cost of direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead utilized in producing goods within a reporting period.

Direct Labor Costs

Expenses associated with the labor directly involved in the production of goods or provision of services.

Raw Materials Costs

The expenses associated with acquiring raw materials required to manufacture a product.