Alan Ho, a Market Analyst for Clear Sound Inc

question 26

Multiple Choice

Alan Ho, a market analyst for Clear Sound Inc., is analyzing sales of heavy metal CD's.Alan's dependent variable is annual heavy metal CD sales (in $1,000,000's) , and his independent variables are teenage population (in 1,000's) and type of sales district (0 = urban, 1 = rural) .Regression analysis of the data yielded the following tables: For two sales districts with the same number of teenagers one urban and one rural, Alan's model predicts ___.

• A)$1,566,666 higher sales in the rural district
• B)the same sales in both districts
• C)$1,566,666 lower sales in the rural district
• D)$1,700,000 higher sales in the urban district
• E)$ 1,700,000 lower sales in the rural district

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