Recall the data we saw in Chapter 6, exercise 3 for a bookstore. The manager wants to

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Recall the data we saw in Chapter 6, exercise 3 for a bookstore. The manager wants to predict Sales from Number of Sales People Working.
Recall the data we saw in Chapter 6, exercise 3

a) Find the slope estimate, b1.
b) What does it mean, in this context?
c) Find the intercept, b0.
d) What does it mean, in this context? Is it meaningful?
e) Write down the equation that predicts Sales from Number of Sales People Working.
f) If 18 people are working, what Sales do you predict?
g) If sales are actually $25,000, what is the value of the residual?
h) Have we overestimated or underestimated the sales?

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Stats Data and Models

ISBN: 978-0321986498

4th edition

Authors: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul D. Velleman, David E. Bock

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