The Gilmore Accounting firm mentioned in Exercise 15-21, in an effort to explain variation in client profitability,
Question:
The Gilmore Accounting firm mentioned in Exercise 15-21, in an effort to explain variation in client profitability, collected the data in the file called Gilmore, where:
y = Net profit earned from the client x1 = Number of hours spent working with the client x2 = Type of client:
1, if manufacturing 2, if service 3, if governmental Gilmore has asked if it needs the client type in addition to the number of hours spent working with the client to predict the net profit earned from the client. You are asked to provide this information.
a. Fit a model to the data that incorporates the number of hours spent working with the client and the type of client as independent variables. (Hint: Client type has three levels.)
b. Fit a second-order model to the data, again using dummy variables for client type. Does this model provide a better fit than the model in part a? Which model would you recommend be used?
Step by Step Answer:
Business Statistics
ISBN: 9781292220383
10th Global Edition
Authors: David Groebner, Patrick Shannon, Phillip Fry