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A Researcher Analyzes the Factors That May Influence Amusement Park

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A researcher analyzes the factors that may influence amusement park attendance. She estimates the following model: Attendance = β₀ + β₁ Price + β₂ Temperature + β₃ Rides + ε, where Attendance is the daily attendance (in 1,000s) , Price is the gate price (in $) , Temperature is the average daily temperature (in ^oF) , and Rides is the number of rides at the amusement park. A portion of the regression results is shown in the accompanying table. When testing whether Price is significant in explaining Attendance, the value of the test statistic is ________.

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Definitions:

Market Share Percentages

The proportion of sales in the total market sold by one company, expressed as a percentage.

Celler-Kefauver Act

A United States antitrust law passed in 1950, designed to prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions that could create monopolies or reduce competition.

Clayton Act

Passed by Congress in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Act and clarify the rule of reason, the act outlawed specific monopolistic behaviors such as tying contracts, price discrimination, and unlimited mergers.

HHI

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is a measure of market concentration, calculated by squaring the market share of each firm competing in the market and then summing the resulting numbers.