TABLE 14-9 You Decide to Predict Gasoline Prices in Different Cities and Cities

question 280

Multiple Choice

TABLE 14-9
You decide to predict gasoline prices in different cities and towns in the United States for your term project. Your dependent variable is price of gasoline per gallon and your explanatory variables are per capita income, the number of firms that manufacture automobile parts in and around the city, the number of new business starts in the last year, population density of the city, percentage of local taxes on gasoline, and the number of people using public transportation. You collected data of 32 cities and obtained a regression sum of squares SSR = 122.8821. Your computed value of standard error of the estimate is 1.9549.
-Referring to Table 14-9, what is the value of the coefficient of multiple determination?

• A) 0.2225
• B) 0.4576
• C) 0.5626
• D) 0.6472

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Definitions:

Apocrine

A type of gland that secretes substances by breaking off a part of the cell; found in the skin and eyelids.

Compound Acinar

A type of glandular structure in which secretory cells form sac-like acini connected to ducts, found in some exocrine glands such as the pancreas and salivary glands.

Branching Ducts

Part of the ductal system in various glands, branching off to increase the area of influence or secretion within an organ.

Simple Acinar

Pertaining to a type of simple glandular structure in the epithelium that has a single secretory duct and is typically globular in shape.