A Marketing Analyst Wants to Examine the Relationship Between Sales

question 111

Multiple Choice

A marketing analyst wants to examine the relationship between sales (in $1,000s) and advertising (in $100s) for firms in the food and beverage industry and collects monthly data for 25 firms. He estimates the model: Sales = β₀ + β₁Advertising + ε. The following ANOVA table shows a portion of the regression results. Which of the following is the coefficient of determination?

• A) 0.1348
• B) 0.1558
• C) 0.8442
• D) 0.8652

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