GSCM 209 Week 2 Assignment

GSCM 209 Week 2 Assignment

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Mark Gershon, owner of a musical instrument distributorship, thinks that demand for guitars may be related to the number of television appearances by the popular group Maroon 5 during the previous month. Mark has collected the data shown in the following table:

• a)Graph these data to see whether a linear equation might describe the relationship between the group’s television shows and guitar sales.
• b)Use the least-squares regression method to derive a forecasting equation.
• c)What is your estimate for guitar sales if Maroon 5 performed on TV nine times last month?
• d)What are the correlation coefficient (r) and the coefficient of determination (r²) for this model, and what do they mean?

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Thirteen students entered the business program at Sante Fe College 2 years ago. The following table indicates what each student scored on the high school SAT math exam and their grade-point averages (GPAs) after students were in the Sante Fe program for 2 years:

• a)Is there a meaningful relationship between SAT math scores and grades?
• b)If a student scores a 350, what do you think his or her GPA will be?
• c)What about a student who scores 800?