An aircraft company wanted to predict the number of worker-hours necessary to finish the design of a new plane. Relevant explanatory variables were thought to be the plane’s top speed, its weight, and the number of parts it had in common with other models built by the company. A sample of 27 of the company’s planes was taken, and the following model was estimated:
y = β0 + β1x1 + β2x2 + β3x3 + ε
where
y = design effort, in millions of worker-hours
x1 = plane’s top speed, in miles per hour
x2 = plane’s weight, in tons
x3 = percentage of parts in common with other models
The estimated regression coefficients were as follows:
b1 = 0.661 b2 = 0.065 b3 = -0.018
The total sum of squares and regression sum of squares were found to be as follows:
SST = 3.881 and SSR = 3.549
a. Compute and interpret the coefficient of determination.
b. Compute the error sum of squares.
c. Compute the adjusted coefficient of determination.
d. Compute and interpret the coefficient of multiple correlation.