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Here is the question and chart The following data give the selling price, square

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The following data give the selling price, square footage, number of bedrooms, and age of houses that have sold in a neighborhood in the past 6 months. Develop three regression models to predict the selling price based upon each of the other factors individually. Which of these is best?

SELLING

PRICE ($)

SQUARE FOOTAGE

BEDROOMS

AGE (YEARS)

84,000

1,670

2

30

79,000

1,339

2

25

91,500

1,712

3

30

120,000

1,840

3

40

127,500

2,300

3

18

132,500

2,234

3

30

145,000

2,311

3

19

164,000

2,377

3

7

155,000

2,736

4

10

168,000

2,500

3

172,500

2,500

4

3

174,000

2,479

3

3

175,000

2,400

3

177,500

1,124

4

0

184,000

2,500

3

2

195,500

4,062

4

10

195,000

2,854

3

3

This is what I came up with, am I doing it right?

SUMMARY OUTPUT

Price Vs Bedrooms

66611.2936

SELLING

PRICE ($)

SQUARE FOOTAGE

BEDROOMS

AGE (YEARS)

84,000

1,670

2

30

79,000

1,339

2

25

91,500

1,712

3

30

120,000

1,840

3

40

127,500

2,300

3

18

132,500

2,234

3

30

145,000

2,311

3

19

164,000

2,377

3

7

155,000

2,736

4

10

168,000

2,500

3

172,500

2,500

4

3

174,000

2,479

3

3

175,000

2,400

3

177,500

1,124

4

0

184,000

2,500

3

2

195,500

4,062

4

10

195,000

2,854

3

3

Explanation / Answer

Yes, the approach is correct.

The best model is the one whose r squared value is the highest.(keeping in mind that the P value should also be less than 0.05).

So the model with the highest R squared value among these 3 models is the best one.