Use a Graphing Calculator to Plot the Data and Find

question 197

Multiple Choice

Use a graphing calculator to plot the data and find the quadratic function of best fit.
-A small manufacturing firm collected the following data on advertising expenditures (in thousands of dollars) and total revenue (in thousands of dollars) . $$\begin{array} { c | c } \text { Advertising, } \mathrm { x } & \text { Total Revenue, } \mathrm { R } \\\hline 25 & 6430 \\28 & 6432 \\31 & 6434 \\32 & 6434 \\34 & 6434 \\39 & 6431 \\40 & 6432 \\45 & 6420\end{array}$$ Find the quadratic function of best fit.

• A) R(x) = -0.31x² + 2.63x + 6128
• B) R(x) = -0.024x² + 7.13x + 6209
• C) R(x) = -0.091x² + 5.95x + 6337
• D) R(x) = -0.015x² + 4.53x + 6123

Understand the concept of power in hypothesis testing and its implications.

Apply t-test procedures for means including assumptions and calculations.

Analyze data significance using P-values in various contexts.

Assess the robustness of t procedures under different distributions.

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