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Model2-

Fit of Profits ($M) By Assets

Linear Fit

Profits ($M) = -100.8766 + 0.1279341 Assets

Summary of Fit

RSquare

0.571986

RSquareAdj

0.5567

Root Mean Square Error

312.406

Mean of Response

332.65

Observations (or Sum Wgts)

30

Analysis of Variance

Source

DF

Sum of Squares

Mean Square

F Ratio

Model

1

3651944.7

3651945

37.4184

Error

28

2732730.5

97598

Significance F

C. Total

29

6384675.2

 

<.0001

Parameter Estimates

Term

 

Estimate

Std Error

t Ratio

p-value

Intercept

 

-100.8766

90.97281

-1.11

0.2769

Assets

 

0.1279341

0.020914

6.12

<.0001

MODEL 3

Y: Profits ($M)

Summary of Fit

RSquare

0.681512

RSquareAdj

0.650513

Root Mean Square Error

314.5783

Mean of Response

332.65

Observations (or Sum Wgts)

30

Analysis of Variance

Source

DF

Sum of Squares

Mean Square

F Ratio

Model

2

3712768.0

1856384

18.7590

Error

27

2671907.2

98960

Significance F

C. Total

29

6384675.2

 

<.0001

 Parameter Estimates

Term

 

Estimate

Std Error

t Ratio

p-value

Intercept

 

-102.6623

91.6337

-1.12

0.2724

Assets

 

0.1609338

0.047067

3.42

0.0020

# Employ

 

-0.044355

0.005555

-2.78

0.0399

 

Residual by Predicted Plot

MODEL 4

Y: Profits ($M)

Summary of Fit

RSquare

0.625649

RSquareAdj

0.604215

Root Mean Square Error

316.7746

Mean of Response

332.65

Observations (or Sum Wgts)

30

 Analysis of Variance

Source

DF

Sum of Squares

Mean Square

F Ratio

Model

2

3675328.7

1837664

18.3132

Error

27

2709346.5

100346

Significance F

C. Total

29

6384675.2

 

<.0001

 Parameter Estimates

Term

 

Estimate

Std Error

t Ratio

p-value

Intercept

 

-107.6454

93.30456

-1.15

0.2587

Sales ($M)

 

0.0253284

0.052469

0.48

0.6332

Assets

 

0.1026876

0.056435

1.82

0.0799

Question8- the best model is

Model 3 because it has the highest R2

Model 2 because it has a strong R2 value and it is a simple model with significant parameter estimates

Model 4 because it has a strong R2 value and has meaningful Beta estimates

All are good models, we can go with any of them