Monthly Total Production Costs and the Number of Units Produced $\beta$

question 67

Essay

Monthly total production costs and the number of units produced at a local company over a period of 10 months are shown below.
a.Draw a scatter diagram for the above data.
b.Assume that a model in the form of
y = $\beta$ ₀ + $\beta$ ₁+ $\varepsilon$
best describes the relationship between x and y. Estimate the parameters of this curvilinear regression equation.

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