Assignment Excel 5

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BUSI/BMIS 405
Chapter 4: Introuduction to Forecasting with Regression Methods
1. Homework: Exercises 4, 6, 9, 11, and 14
Exercise 4:
a. t-ratio=coefficient/standard error (p. 183)(correction H1: β ≠ 0, p.183)
The rule of thumb for significance testing is if the absolute value of t-ratio is greater than 2
then, the coefficient is statisically significant which means the coefficient is significantly different from zero.
For example, t-ratio for "Constant" is 3.04 which is greater than 2. Therefore, the coefficient of 20,720 is
significantly different from zero.
If we know the sample size of this problem, we could use table 2.5 for t-test.
b. It is R-squared right below the table
c. Substitute 20 into EXP in the following equation
Salary = 20,720 + 805 (EXP) for point estimate
the approximate 95 percent confidence interval estimates would be
point estimate ± 2 (SEE) (p. 184)
SEE is the standard erro of the estimate which is right under R-squared value
Exercise 6:
a. The equation is
Booking = b0 + b1(Income)
Booking is the dependent variable and Income is the independent variable
To obtian the regression eq;uation using Forecast X:
First, highlight the data for "Bookings" and "Income." Do not highlight "Location"
Open Forecast X > Forecast Method > Choose "Multiple Regression" under "Forecast Technique" > Report > Audit>Finish
b. Please see pp. 178-184. The three steps of evaluation are summarized
at the end of page 183 and the beginning of page 184.
c. For point and interval estimates, please refer to exercise 4c.
Exercise 9:
a. Naïve forecat for 2008 Q1 = actual value in 2007 Q4
b. Highlight the following data.
Period FURN ($Billions)
Mar-98 98.1
Jun-98 96.8
Sep-98 96
Dec-98 95
Mar-99 93.2
Jun-99 95.1
Sep-99 96.2
Dec-99 98.4
Mar-00 100.7
Jun-00 104.4
Sep-00 108.1
Dec-00 111.1
Mar-01 114.3
Jun-01 117.2
Sep-01 119.4
Dec-01 122.7
Mar-02 125.9
Jun-02 129.3
Sep-02 132.2
Dec-02 136.6
Mar-03 137.4
Jun-03 141.4
Sep-03 145.3
Dec-03 147.7
Mar-04 148.8
Jun-04 150.2
Sep-04 153.4
Dec-04 154.2
Mar-05 159.8
Jun-05 164.4
Sep-05 166.2
Dec-05 169.7
Mar-06 173.7
Jun-06 175.5
Sep-06 175
Dec-06 175.7
Mar-07 181.4
Jun-07 180
Sep-07 179.7
Dec-07 176.3
Open Forecast X > Forecast Method > Choose "Trend (Linear) Regression" under "Forecast Technique"
c. Please refer to exercise 6b.
d. Substitue "Time" value into the regression equation for trend forecast.
Exercise 10:
c. Percentage error in forecat = (actual value - point estimate) / actual value = forecast error / actual value
Exercise 11:
You will arrange the data in two columns. One for "Year" and one for "Population" for regression analysis
Year Population
Open Forecast X > Forecast Method > Choose "Trend (Linear) Regression"
Exercise 14:
a.For trend forecat, open Forecast X > Forecast Method > Choose "Trend (Linear) Regression"
b. To reseasonalize the data, time the value with the corresponding seasonal index
For example, for Jan-07, actual shoe store sales SSS=SASSS x 0.74 = 2,317 x 0.74=1,714.58
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