Instruction 13-3
an Economist Is Interested to See How Consumption

question 61

Multiple Choice

Instruction 13-3
An economist is interested to see how consumption for an economy (in $ billions) is influenced by gross domestic product ($ billions) and aggregate price (consumer price index) .The Microsoft Excel output of this regression is partially reproduced below.
SUMMARY
Regression Statistics
$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Multiple R } & 0.991 \\ \text { R Square } & 0.982 \\ \text { Adj. R Square } & 0.976 \\ \text { Std. Error } & 0.299 \\ \text { Observations } & 10 \end{array}$
ANOVA
$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } & \boldsymbol { d f } & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & \boldsymbol { F } & \text { Signiff } \\ \text { Regression } & 2 & 33.4163 & 16.7082 & 186.325 & 0.0001 \\ \text { Residual } & 7 & 0.6277 & 0.0897 & & \\ \text { Total } & 9 & 34.0440 & & & \\ & & & & & \\ & \text { Coeff } & \text { StaError } & \boldsymbol { t } \text { Stat } & \boldsymbol { P } \text {-Value } & \\ \text { Intercept } & - 1.6335 & 0.5674 & - 0.152 & 0.8837 & \\ \text { GDP } & 0.7654 & 0.0574 & 13.340 & 0.0001 & \\ \text { Price } & - 0.0006 & 0.0028 & - 0.219 & 0.8330 & \end{array}$ Note: Adj.R Square = Adjusted R Square;Std.Error = Standard Error
-Referring to Instruction 13-3,the p-value for the aggregated price index is

• A)0.001.
• B)0.05.
• C)0.01.
• D)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Activity Variances

Differences between budgeted amounts and actual amounts incurred due to variations in the level of activity or performance.

Activity Measure

A metric used to gauge the amount of activity or volume, often used in the allocation of overhead costs to products based on their consumption of resources.

Customers Served

The number of customers who receive service from a business within a specified period, indicating the reach or impact of the business's operations.

Activity Variances

The difference between the budgeted costs based on standard activity levels and the actual costs incurred, related to specific business activities.