SCENARIO 14-6 One of the Most Common Questions of Prospective House Buyers

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Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-6
One of the most common questions of prospective house buyers pertains to the cost of heating in dollars (Y) . To provide its customers with information on that matter, a large real estate firm used the following 2 variables to predict heating costs: the daily minimum outside temperature in degrees of Fahrenheit ( X₁ ) and the amount of insulation in inches ( X ₂ ) . Given below is EXCEL output of the regression model.



Also SSR (X₁ | X₂) = 8343.3572 and SSR (X₂ | X₁) = 4199.2672
-Referring to Scenario 14-5,suppose the microeconomist wants to test whether the coefficient on Capital is significantly different from 0.What is the value of the relevant t-statistic?

• A)0.609
• B)2.617
• C)4.804
• D)25.432

Recognize the five linguistic dimensions of making threats.

Understand the biases present in e-mail negotiations.

Grasp the strategic use of BATNA in negotiations.

Evaluate the effectiveness of role reversal in negotiation.

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