A Marketing Analyst Wants to Examine the Relationship Between Sales

question 98

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 so collects monthly data for 25 firms. He estimates the model: Sales = β₀ + β₁ Advertising + ε. The following table shows a portion of the regression results. Which of the following are the competing hypotheses used to test whether Advertising is significant in predicting Sales?

• A) H₀: b₁ = 0; H_A: b₁ ≠ 0.
• B) H₀: b₁ = 2.88; H_A: b₁ ≠ 2.88.
• C) H₀: β₁ = 0; H_A: β₁ ≠ 0.
• D) H₀: β₁ ≠ 0; H_A: β₁ = 0.

Formulate null and alternative hypotheses based on a given scenario.

Perform test statistic calculations for hypothesis testing.

Calculate and interpret p-values in the context of hypothesis testing results.

Analyze the impact of sample size on the power of a test and Type II error.

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