A Sample of General Mills Employees Was Studied to Determine

question 25

Multiple Choice

A sample of General Mills employees was studied to determine their degree of satisfaction with
Their present life. A special index, called the index of satisfaction, was used to measure satisfaction.
Six factors were studied: age at the time of first marriage (X1) , annual income (X2) , number of
Children living (X3) , value of all assets (X4) , status of health in the form of an index (X5) , and the
Average number of social activities per week (X6) . Suppose the multiple regression equation is:
Y' = 16.24 + 0.017X1 + 0.00028X2 + 42X3 + 0.0012X4 + 0.19X5 + 26.8X6.
What is the estimated index of satisfaction for a person who first married at 25, has an annual
Income of $26,500, has two children, has assets of $156,000, has in index of health status of 141,
And has 2.5 social activities per week?

• A) 389.1
• B) 421.6
• C) 366.0
• D) 601.6
• E) 769.8

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Definitions:

Physical Units Method

An inventory costing method that allocates expenses based on the physical units produced or available, commonly used for homogeneous products.

Actual Physical Units

Actual physical units refer to the tangible quantity of items produced, held in inventory, or sold, as measured by physical count.

Joint Costs

Costs that are incurred in the process of producing two or more products simultaneously and cannot be easily separated for each product.

Market Value at Split-Off Method

A method used in accounting to allocate joint costs among products on the basis of their respective market values at the point where they are separable or split-off.