Financial data has been gathered for a list of companies and the data is listed below.

a. As an analyst you want to know which variable or combination of variables is a better predictor of price to book value ratio

b. compute the rsquare/adjusted rsquare and interpret the results in the context of this problem

Company Price/Book Value Ratio ROE Growth%

Natural Alternatives 1.472 12.970 -6.450

Forest Laboratories-Cl A 8.267 11.866 135.631

Natures Sunshine Prods Inc 2.037 12.385 -0.101

Akorn Inc 6.565 25.157 14.201

Lannett Co Inc 1.297 8.803 22.759

Pozen Inc 3.280 38.055 19.065

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals Inc 2.431 25.650 24.605

Obagi Medical Products Inc 5.277 19.679 11.668

Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc 2.364 22.807 49.882

Cardiome Pharma Corp 7.698 69.719 36.719

American Oriental Bioengr 0.438 3.797 41.084

Simcere Pharmactcl Grp -Adr 2.505 9.177 28.882

Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc 7.623 29.195 52.060

Balchem Corp-Cl B 5.144 17.751 25.146

Medicines Co 2.109 29.261 23.847

Usana Health Sciences Inc 4.780 31.447 9.572

Par Pharmaceutical Cos Inc 2.181 14.759 18.473

United Therapeutics Corp 4.071 11.983 39.109

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.913 14.218 39.461

Viropharma Inc 1.516 14.095 27.089

Medicis Pharmaceut Cp -Cl A 1.963 14.904 13.180

Perrigo Co 4.967 20.620 17.245

Endo Pharmaceuticals Hldgs 2.370 14.872 15.914

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc 2.086 5.619 16.724

Hospira Inc 2.923 11.220 8.321

Cephalon Inc 1.763 16.167 18.326

Shire Plc -Adr 5.533 23.986 16.763

Celgene Corp 4.651 14.715 46.519

Mylan Inc 2.553 6.207 34.094

Forest Laboratories-Cl A 1.680 19.036 8.498

Novo-Nordisk A/S-Adr 8.427 38.964 15.082

Teva Pharmaceutical Inds-Adr 2.227 15.177 25.153

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.885 19.742 0.287

Glaxosmithkline Plc-Adr 7.448 18.386 3.269

Abbott Laboratories 3.308 20.663 9.550

Astrazeneca Plc-Adr 2.805 34.692 7.075

Novartis Ag-Adr 2.460 15.498 9.463

Sanofi-Adr 1.199 10.296 4.713

Johnson & Johnson 3.002 23.567 4.077

Roche Holding Ltd-Adr 10.217 91.520 13.333

Merck & Co 2.042 1.583 15.877

Pfizer Inc 1.598 9.416 5.734

Seracare Life Sciences Inc 1.995 19.434 0.032

Genomic Health Inc 7.168 4.980 102.721

Trinity Biotech Plc-Adr 1.294 42.763 -1.561

Immunomedics Inc 5.712 90.857 74.065

Meridian Bioscience Inc 6.470 19.399 8.994

Myriad Genetics Inc 2.622 27.315 34.495

Gen-Probe Inc 3.416 12.988 12.170

Idexx Labs Inc 6.932 24.604 11.575

Intermune Inc 13.661 81.965 -24.565

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals 4.059 1.450 -20.183

Neptune Tech & Bioressources 7.176 3.633 22.284

Gentium Spa-Adr 6.111 31.532 49.847

Anika Therapeutics Inc 1.056 5.066 13.241

Osiris Therapeutics Inc 9.303 47.802 61.193

Supergen Inc 1.299 13.381 10.836

Trimeris Inc 0.993 36.034 9.069

Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc 3.848 28.695 71.087

Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc 3.588 18.093 51.817

Emergent Biosolutions Inc 2.205 13.993 16.971

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc 10.099 133.042 171.333

Techne Corp 4.269 21.877 8.534

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc 8.478 11.286 247.732

Kinetic Concepts Inc 2.032 17.267 10.795

Sigma-Aldrich Corp 4.086 19.433 6.385

Life Technologies Corp 2.337 8.532 24.523

Biogen Idec Inc 2.961 18.591 14.254

Baxter International Inc 4.492 21.623 5.799

Gilead Sciences Inc 5.018 49.478 31.412

Amgen Inc 2.166 19.324 3.904