The Sales Manager of An Automobile Parts Dealer Wants To Develop A Model To Predict The Total Annual Sales by Region. Based On Experience It
The Sales Manager of An Automobile Parts Dealer Wants To Develop A Model To Predict The Total Annual Sales by Region. Based On Experience It
The Sales Manager of An Automobile Parts Dealer Wants To Develop A Model To Predict The Total Annual Sales by Region. Based On Experience It
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1. The sales manager of an automobile parts dealer wants to develop a model to predict the total annual sales by region. Based on experience it
can be determined that annual sales estimated based on April are pretty accurate, so that in future years the April forecast could be used to
review production schedules and have an adequate inventory in retail stores. Several factors are related to sales, including the number of
retail stores in the region, the number of registered cars in the region until April 1, and the average total personal income, between others.
A total of five independent variables as the most important (according to the sales manager) was selected. After, he stablished
these variables, data were collected.
Annual Number of
Number of registered Personal Average
sales (one Number of
retail cars income age of cars
hundred sellers
stores, (thousands) (years)
thousand) (10,000)
Y:AS X1:NRS X2:NRC X3:PI X4:AAC X5:NS
37.702 39 9.27 85.4 6.5 9
24.196 21 5.86 60.7 4 5
32.055 36 8.81 68.1 5.4 7
3.611 12 3.81 20.2 4 4
17.625 26 7.31 33.8 3.5 3
45.919 39 11.62 95.1 6.1 12
29.6 28 8.96 69.3 4.1 8
8.114 14 6.28 16.3 2.9 3
20.116 19 7.77 34.9 5.5 6
12.994 17 10.92 15.1 3.1 4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Xt= 39 21 36 12 26 39 28 14 19 17
9.27 5.86 8.81 3.81 7.31 11.62 8.96 6.28 7.77 10.92
85.4 60.7 68.1 20.2 33.8 95.1 69.3 16.3 34.9 15.1
6.5 4 5.4 4 3.5 6.1 4.1 2.9 5.5 3.1
9 5 7 4 3 12 8 3 6 4
c) Set the multiple linear regression hyperplane with all the X's, Interpret b 2. Is the interpretation valid?
EE del
Término Coef Coef. Valor T Valor p FIV
Constante -12.28 3.85 -3.19 0.033
X1:NRS -0.053 0.241 -0.22 0.836 14.29
X2:NRC 1.857 0.588 3.16 0.034 4.6
X3:PI 0.407 0.103 3.96 0.017 21.85
X4:AAC 1.58 1.18 1.34 0.252 5.35
X5:NS -0.918 0.927 -0.99 0.378 17.44
VAR(b1)= 0.058081
h) Obtain and interpret a confidence interval for the average sales at the point [1, 30, 9, 70, 4.5,7]
Xo[ 1 30 9 70 4.5 7]
With a confidence level of 95% it is expected that the average annual sales will be at least
28.95 U and at most 35.08 U when X1: NRS=30, X2: NRC=9, X3: PI=70, X4: AAC=4.5 and
X5: NS=7.