管理会计习题与答案：Forecasting unit Test and Answer.docxVIP

一、单选题 1、? ? A.(ii) and (iii) only B.(i), (ii) and (iii) C.(i) and (ii) only D.(i) and (iii) only 2、?Regression analysis is being used to find the line of best fit (y = a + bx) from eleven pairs of data. The calculations have produced the following information: ?? Σx = 440, Σy = 330, Σ(x*x) = 17,986, Σ(y*y) = 10,366 and Σxy = 13,467 ??What is the value of ‘a’ in the equation for the line of best fit (to 2 decimal places)? ? A.2.33 B.5.33 C.0.63 D.0.69 3、?Brisbane Limited has recorded the following sales information for the past six months: ?Month Advertising expenditure ($’000) Sales revenue ($’000) 1 1.5 30 2 2 27 3 1.75 25 4 3 40 5 2.5 32 6 2.75 38 ?The following has also been calculated: ?Σ(Advertising expenditure) = $13,500 Σ(Sales revenue) = $192,000 Σ(Advertising expenditure x Sales revenue) = $447,250,000 Σ(Sales revenue x Sales revenue ) = $6,322,000,000 Σ(Advertising expenditure2) = $32,125,000 ?What is the value of b, i.e. the gradient of the regression line? A.8.714 B.0.070 C.0.086 D.14.286 4、?The regression equation Y=3+2x has been calculated from 6 pairs of values, with x range from 1 to 10. The correlation coefficient is 0.8. It is estimated that y=43 when x=20.Which of the following are true? ?(i)The estimate is not reliable because x is outside the range of the data ?(ii)The estimate is not reliable because the correlation is low ?(iii)The estimate is reliable ?(iv) The estimate is not reliable because the sample is small A.(ii) and (iv) only B.(i) and (iii) only C.(i) and (ii) only D.(i) and (iv) only 5、?The correlation coefficient (r) for measuring the connection between two variables (x and y) has been calculated as 0.6. ?How much of the variation in the dependent variable (y) is explained by the variation in the independent