SCENARIO 14-20-B
You Are the CEO of a Dairy Company $\left( X _ { 1 } \right)$

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SCENARIO 14-20-B
You are the CEO of a dairy company. You are planning to expand milk production by purchasing
additional cows, lands and hiring more workers. From the existing 50 farms owned by the company,
you have collected data on total milk production (in liters), the number of milking cows, land size (in
acres) and the number of laborers. The data are shown below and also available in the Excel file
Scenario14-20-DataB.XLSX.
MILK 84686 101876 103248 70508 76072 86615 87508 105195 120351 68658
You believe that the number of milking cows $\left( X _ { 1 } \right)$ , land size $\left( X _ { 2 } \right)$ and the number of laborers $\left( X _ { 3 } \right)$ are the best predictors for total milk production on any given farm.
-Referring to Scenario 14-20-B, what is the value of the coefficient of partial determination $r _ { Y 3.12 } ^ { 2 }$ ?

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct labor, direct materials, and both variable and fixed overhead) in the cost of a product.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost associated with producing a unit of product, including both fixed and variable costs, divided by the total number of units produced.

Net Operating Income

A financial metric that represents the profit a company generates from its operations, excluding expenses from interest and taxes.

Absorption Costing

A method of accounting for the total cost of production, including fixed and variable costs, to value inventory.