Instruction 13-15
a Financial Analyst Wanted to Examine the Relationship

question 13

Short Answer

Instruction 13-15
A financial analyst wanted to examine the relationship between salary (in $1,000)and 4 variables: age (X₁ = Age),experience in the field (X₂ = Exper),number of degrees (X₃ = Degrees),and number of previous jobs in the field (X₄ = Prevjobs).He took a sample of 20 employees and obtained the following Microsoft Excel output:
SUMMARY
Regression Statistics
$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Multiple R } & 0.992 \\ \text { R Square } & 0.984 \\ \text { Adj. R Square } & 0.979 \\ \text { Std. Error } & 2.26743 \\ \text { Observations } & 20 \end{array}$
ANOVA
$\begin{array} { l l l l l l } & \boldsymbol { d f } & \text { SS } & \text { MS } & \boldsymbol { F } & \text { Signif } \boldsymbol { F } \\ \text { Regression } & 4 & 4609.83164 & 1152.45791 & 224.160 & 0.0001 \\ \text { Residual } & 15 & 77.11836 & 5.14122 & & \\ \text { Total } & 19 & 4686.95000 & & & \end{array}$
$\begin{array} { l l l l l } & \text { Coeff } & \text { StdError } & \boldsymbol { t } \text { Stat } & \boldsymbol { P } \text {-Value } \\ \text { Intercept } & - 9.611198 & 2.77988638 & - 3.457 & 0.0035 \\ \text { Age } & 1.327695 & 0.11491930 & 11.553 & 0.0001 \\ \text { Exper } & - 0.106705 & 0.14265559 & - 0.748 & 0.4660 \\ \text { Degrees } & 7.311332 & 0.80324187 & 9.102 & 0.0001 \\ \text { Prevjobs } & - 0.504168 & 0.44771573 & - 1.126 & 0.2778 \end{array}$ Note: Adj.R Square = Adjusted R Square;Std.Error = Standard Error
-Referring to Instruction 13-15,the p-value of the F test for the significance of the entire regression is ________.

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Definitions:

Unit Costs of Production

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Diseconomies of Scale

The condition in which a firm’s costs per unit of output increase as the firm increases in size or scale of operation.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, typically characterized by a reduction in average cost per unit when production is increased.