Armer Company Is Accumulating Data to Use in Preparing Its

question 67

Multiple Choice

Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow:The percent of the total variance that can be explained by the regression equation is

• A) 99.724%.
• B) 69.613%.
• C) 80.982%.
• D) 99.862%.
• E) None of these answer choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Exponential Smoothing

A weighted moving average forecasting technique in which data points are weighted by an exponential function.

Simple Moving Average

A statistical method used to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of the full data set.

Responsiveness

The ability of a company or system to quickly react to changes in demand, customer preferences, or market conditions, often critical for maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction.

Mean Squared Error

A measure of the average squared difference between the estimated values and what is estimated, often used in statistics and machine learning to assess the accuracy of models.