SCENARIO 14-5 A Microeconomist Wants to Determine How Corporate Sales Are Influenced

question 31

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-5
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.
Introduction to Multiple Regression 14-17
-Referring to Scenario 14-5, what is the p-value for testing whether Capital has a positive
Influence on corporate sales?

• A) 0.025
• B) 0.05
• C) 0.2743
• D) 0.5485

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Definitions:

Straight-Line

A method of calculating depreciation or amortization by evenly allocating the cost of an asset over its expected useful life.

Sum-Of-Years' Digits

An accelerated method of depreciation which involves allocating the cost of an asset over its useful life in a way that results in higher depreciation expense in the earlier years and lower expense in later years.

Salvage Value

The anticipated market value of an asset upon completing its service life.

Matching Principle

An accounting principle that requires expenses to be matched with the revenues they helped to generate in the same period.