and obtains data on the number of employees, the dividend paid (in %), the value of the inventory at the start of the year (in $ 000s) and the gross profit (in[S'000s) for each firm. COMPANY GROSS PROFIT EMPLOYEES DIVIDEND INVENTORY 2800 140 12 180 2 1300 65 21 320 3 1230 130 42 820 A 1600 115 80 76 4500 390 90 3600 6 5700 670 64 8400 3150 205 43 508 8 640 40 14 870 9 3400 480 88 5500 10 6700 810 98 9875 11 3700 120 44 6500 12 6440 590 88 6130 13 1280 440 38 1200 14 4160 280 24 890 15 3870 650 60 1200 16 980 150 24 130 The following regression model was produced: REGRESSION STATISTICS Multiple R 0.868568467 R Square 0.754411182 Adjusted R Square 0.693013977 Standard Error 1086.924506 Observations 16 ANOVA DF SS MS F SIGNIFICANCE F Regression 3 43549135.16 14516378 12.28739 0.000571614 Co.05 Residual 12 14176858.59 1181405 useful model . Total 15 57725993.75 Topic 11 327 a) gross profit = 957. 8481+ COEFFICIENTS STANDARD ERROR STAT P-VALUE 3.2517 x ( Employees)+ Intercept 957.848143 567.9211531 1.686586 0.117484 Employees 3.25167094 1.76864013 1.838515 0.090853 20.05 6.182 x (Dividend) + Dividend 6.181663673 13.59834557 0.454589 0.657518 >0.05 0. 283 x (Inventory) Inventory 0.282534542 0. 1268658 2.227035 0.045855