The Anthony Company Used Regression Analysis to Predict the Annual

question 105

Multiple Choice

The Anthony Company used regression analysis to predict the annual cost of utilities.The results were as follows:
$\begin{array}{ll}&\text { Utilities Cost }\\&\text { Explained by Direct Labor Hours }\\\text { Constant } & 4,500 \\\text { Standard error of } Y \text { estimate } & 595 \\\text { R-Squared } & 0.87 \\\text { No. of observations } & 30 \\\text { Degrees of freedom } & 28 \\\text { X Coefficient } & 5.02 \\\text { Standarderror of coefficient } & 0.92\end{array}$
The variable cost per direct labor hour is ________.

• A) $0.87
• B) $0.92
• C) $5.02
• D) $4,500

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