In regression equation, the value of y-intercept indicates the value of Y when the value of X is zero.
You have been provided with the following regression output. The dependent variable is unit sales of a product, and the independent variable is the dollar value of newspaper advertising for that product. The unit of analysis is weeks; that is, each of the observations in the underlying sample data represents a separate week of sales and newspaper advertising.
Regression Analysis: Sales versus Newspaper
The regression equation is:
Sales = 6514 + 0.0386 Newspaper
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Predictor
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Co-eff
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SE Co-eff
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T
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P
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Constant
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6514
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1138
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5.72
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0.000
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Newspaper
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0.038625
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0.005494
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7.03
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0.000
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S = 5630.70 R-Sq = 24.3% R-Sq(adj) = 23.8%
Analysis of Variance:
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Source
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DF
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SS
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MS
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F
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P
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Regression
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1
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1567134272
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1567134272
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49.43
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0.000
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Residual Error
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154
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4882532724
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31704758
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Total
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155
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6449666996
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