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Module 3 Homework Assignment. Please analyze the following problems in JMP and answer the questions below. Finger Dexterity, the ability to make precisely coordinated finger

Module 3 Homework Assignment.

Please analyze the following problems in JMP and answer the questions below.

  1. Finger Dexterity, the ability to make precisely coordinated finger movements to grasp or assemble very small objects, is important in jewelry making. Subsequently, the manufacturing manager at Gemco, a manufacturer of high-quality watches, wants to develop a regression model to predict the productivity (in watches per shift) of new employees based on dexterity. He has subjected a sample of 20 current employees to the O'Connor dexterity test in which the time required to place 3 pins in each of 100 small holes using tweezers is measured. The data is shown in the following table. Use simple linear regression analysis in JMP to see if there is a relationship between Time and Watches per shift.
Time (seconds) Watches per shift
513 23
608 19
915 10
314 30
896 15
694 18
514 22
450 26
922 11
388 28
494 23
566 20
705 18
383 28
937 12
921 14
476 20
556 21
825 14
437 20

  1. Construct a scatterplot of the data with the regression equation drawn through the data.

  1. Using JMP, compute the estimated regression equation.Write out the equation.

  1. Interpret the sample intercept, sample slope, and coefficient of determination.

  1. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there a significant linear relationship between the number of watches produced per shift and time to complete the O'Conner test? Write your answer in a sentence and report the p-value.

  1. Explain why the y-intercept makes no practical sense in this particular problem.

  1. Predict how many watches per shift would yield from an employee who (1) completes the O'Connor test in 750 seconds and (2) completes the O'Connor test in 1100 seconds.

  1. A manager at an ice cream store is trying to determine how many customers to expect on any given day. Overall business has been relatively steady over the past several years, but the customer count seems to have its ups and downs. He collects data over 30 days and records the number of customers, the high temperature that day, whether the day fell on a weekend/weekday and whether or not an employee stands outside the store's entrance and hands out free samples.
Customers Temperature Day of Week Free Samples
376 75 Weekday Yes
433 78 Weekday Yes
524 80 Weekday No
360 70 Weekday No
500 80 Weekday No
645 78 Weekend No
667 80 Weekend Yes
542 85 Weekday No
412 70 Weekday No
435 72 Weekday Yes
396 69 Weekday Yes
425 70 Weekday Yes
702 90 Weekend Yes
725 85 Weekend No
509 80 Weekday Yes
450 74 Weekday No
378 70 Weekday Yes
433 69 Weekday No
467 71 Weekday Yes
679 82 Weekend No
701 80 Weekend Yes
529 83 Weekday Yes
599 92 Weekday Yes
543 90 Weekday No
432 80 Weekday Yes
375 70 Weekday Yes
690 70 Weekend No
734 85 Weekend Yes
465 74 Weekday Yes
401 68 Weekday No

  1. Which variable is the response ?

  1. Define two dummy variables to recode the "Day of the week" and "Free Samples" columns.

  1. Fit an MLR equation to the data (). Write out the "full" model.

  1. Is the overall model significant? Justify with ANOVA hypotheses and p-value

  1. Are the individual variables significant? If not, remove the insignificant variables stepwise, until all remaining variables are significant. Also, check if there are any interactions between temperature and significant dummy variables.

  1. Write the "best" model you've come up with.

  1. Predict the number of customers the manager should expect on a Saturday with a forecasted high temperature of 80 degrees and an employee scheduled to hand out free samples.

  1. What is the slope term in the equation for "Temperature" when "Day of the Week" = Weekend? Interpret the meaning of this value in terms of the problem. What is the slope for "Temperature" when "Day of the Week" = Weekday? Interpret the meaning of this value in terms of the problem.

  1. Is it worth it, for the manager, to pay an employee to stand outside the entrance and give out free samples?

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