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Dixie Showtime Movie Theaters, Inc., owns and operates a chain of cinemas in sev

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Question

Dixie Showtime Movie Theaters, Inc., owns and operates a chain of cinemas in several markets in the southern U.S. The owners would like to estimate weekly gross revenue as a function of advertising expenditures. Data for a sample of eight markets for a recent week follow.


  Market Weekly Gross Revenue
($100s)
Television Advertising
($100s)
Newspaper Advertising
($100s)
  Mobile 102.3 5 1.6   Shreveport 51.9 3 3.2   Jackson 75.5 4 1.5   Birmingham 127.2 4.4 4   Little Rock 137.8 3.6 4.3   Biloxi 101.4 3.5 2.3   New Orleans 237.8 5 8.4   Baton Rouge 219.6 6.9 5.8

Explanation / Answer

We are given,

y = Weekly Gross Revenue ($100s)

x1 = Television Advertising ($100s)

x2 = Newspaper Advertising ($100s)

y^

x1

x2

102.3

5

1.6

51.9

3

3.2

75.5

4

1.5

127.2

4.4

4

137.8

3.6

4.3

101.4

3.5

2.3

237.8

5

8.4

219.6

6.9

5.8

Here we can use excel here. We copy the data in excel then we go to Data option, there we select Data Analysis. Under Data Analysis we select Regression. There we select y and x1 and x2 values. We run the regression and get the following output.

Regression Statistics

Multiple R

0.96638907

R Square

0.93390784

Adjusted R Square

0.90747098

Standard Error

20.0294663

Observations

8

ANOVA

df

SS

MS

F

Significance F

Regression

2

28344.11116

14172.06

35.32597

0.001122987

Residual

5

2005.897592

401.1795

Total

7

30350.00875

Coefficients

Standard Error

t Stat

P-value

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

Intercept

-46.7194

28.21037874

-1.65611

0.158602

-119.2364867

25.79768758

x1

23.2442

6.932476018

3.35294

0.020264

5.423677245

41.06467109

x2

19.4345

3.644008337

5.333262

0.003106

10.06722952

28.80167279

Answer:

y^ = -46.7194 + 23.2442x1 + 19.4345x2

y^

x1

x2

102.3

5

1.6

51.9

3

3.2

75.5

4

1.5

127.2

4.4

4

137.8

3.6

4.3

101.4

3.5

2.3

237.8

5

8.4

219.6

6.9

5.8