A Taiwan Electronics Company Exports Personal Computers (PCs) to the U.S

question 86

Multiple Choice

A Taiwan electronics company exports personal computers (PCs) to the U.S. Their PC sales (in thousands) over the past five years are given below in Table 6.
Table 6
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Sales } \\\hline 1 & 6 \\\hline 2 & 9 \\\hline 3 & 13 \\\hline 4 & 15 \\\hline 5 & 20 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Regression analysis:

• A) is limited to one dependent and one independent variable.
• B) is best with nonlinear relationships.
• C) maximizes the sum of the squared deviations between the actual time-series value and the estimated values of the dependent variable.
• D) can be used with time as the independent variable.

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