Multiple Regression

Ginnian and Fitch, a regional accounting firm, performs yearly audits on a number of different for$-$profit and not$-$for$-$profit

entities. Two years ago, Luisa Mellina, Ginnian's partner in charge of operations, became concerned about the amount of

audit time required by not$-$for$-$profit entities. As a result, she instituted a series of training programs focusing on the auditing

of not$-$for$-$profit entities. Now, she would like to see if the training seemed to work. So$,$ she ran a multiple regression on $22$

months of data for Ginnian for three variables: the total monthly cost of audit professional time, the number of not$-$for$-$profit

audits, and the hours of training in the audit of not$-$for$-$profit entities. The following printout was obtained:

$R^2=0\mathrm{.}79$

$S_e=12,030$

Observations: $22$

Required:

Write out the cost equation for Ginnian's audit professional time.

$,+$$$,x_1+$$$,x_2$

If Ginnian expects to have $9$ audits of not$-$for$-$profits next month and expects that audit professionals will have a total of

$130$ hours of not$-$for$-$profit training, what is the anticipated cost of professional time?

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Are the hours spent auditing not$-$for$-$profit entities positively or negatively correlated with audit professional costs?

Is percentage of experienced team members positively or negatively correlated with audit professional cost?

Overall, based on your evaluation of the cost equation that was developed for the cost of audit professionals, which

statement is most correct?