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

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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

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Definitions:

Cost of Goods Sold

The expenses directly related to the manufacturing of products sold by a business, including the costs associated with materials and labor.

Departmental Accounting

An accounting method that tracks the income, expenses, and profitability of individual departments within a company.

Direct Costs

Costs that can be directly traced to a specific cost object, such as a product, service, or department.

Indirect Costs

Costs that cannot be directly attributed to the production of goods or services, such as overhead and administrative expenses.