For Exercises 39-46, a table of data is given. a. Graph the points and from visual inspection, select the model that would best fit the data. Choose from y = m x + b linear y = a b x exponential y = a + b ln x logarithmic y = c 1 + a e − b x logistic b. Use a graphing utility to find a function that fits the data.
For Exercises 39-46, a table of data is given. a. Graph the points and from visual inspection, select the model that would best fit the data. Choose from y = m x + b linear y = a b x exponential y = a + b ln x logarithmic y = c 1 + a e − b x logistic b. Use a graphing utility to find a function that fits the data.
Solution Summary: The author explains how to determine the function that best fits the logistic model y=c1+ae-bx.
The table shows the number of used textbooks sold each year on an online bookstore. Which model would best fit this data: cubic, quartic, or exponential?
Year
Books Sold (thousands)
2008
1
2009
6.2
2010
9.7
2011
12.1
2012
13.3
Please consider the questions below and use the tools you acquired in this course to answer them. Show all the steps of your
calculations. The term project should be no longer than five pages.
1. Consider an equation to explain salaries of CEOs in terms of annual firm sales, return on equity (roe, in percentage form),
and return on the firm's stock (ros, in percentage form)
log(salary) = B₁ + B₂log (sales) + B₂roe + B3ros + u,
(i) In terms of the model parameters, state the null hypothesis that, after controlling for sales and roe, ros has no effect on
CEO salary. State the alternative that better stock market performance increases a CEO's salary.
(ii) Using data, the following equation was obtained by OLS
log(salary) = 4.32 +0.280 log(sales) + 0.0174roe + 0.00024 ros
(0.32) (0.035)
(0.00054)
(0.0041)
n = 209, R² = 0.283
Give an interpretation to each estimated coefficient.
(iii) Test the null hypothesis that ros has no effect on salary against the alternative that ros has a positive…
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