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Moving Averages
Revenues 3-mo MA 5-mo MA
Jan $5.0
Feb $8.0
Mar $7.0 $6.7 $10.0
Apr $8.0 $7.7 $9.0
May $8.0 $7.7 $7.2
Jun $9.0 $8.3 $8.0 $8.0
Jul $7.0 $8.0 $7.8
$7.0
Aug $9.0 $8.3 $8.2
Sep $5.0 $7.0 $7.6 $6.0
Oct $7.0 $7.0 $7.4
$5.0
Nov $5.0 $5.7 $6.6
Dec $8.0 $6.7 $6.8 $4.0

$3.0

$2.0

$1.0

$0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Revenues
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Revenues 3-mo MA 5-mo MA

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Simple Linear Regression

Data Radio ads Revenue
Jan 21 $8,350.0
Feb 180 $22,755.0
Mar 50 $13,455.0
Apr 195 $21,100.0 Ads v
May 96 $15,000.0
$30,000.0
Jun 44 $12,500.0
Jul 171 $20,700.0
Aug 135 $19,722.0
$25,000.0
Sep 120 $16,115.0
Oct 75 $13,100.0 f(x) = 78.0753012596384 x + 7930.354662
Nov 106 $15,670.0 R² = 0.932729425680283
$20,000.0
Dec 198 $25,300.0
Totals 1,391 $203,767.0
Average 116 $16,980.6
$15,000.0
Forecast function
100 $15,737.9
150 $19,641.6 $10,000.0
200 $23,545.4

Equation of a line $5,000.0

78.08 100 $15,737.9
7,930.35 150 $19,641.6
200 $23,545.4 $0.0
0 50 100
 Ads vs Revenue

78.0753012596384 x + 7930.35466232025
0.932729425680283

50 100 150 200 250

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Regression Output

SUMMARY OUTPUT

Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.874907709977506
R Square 0.765463500978083
Adjusted R Square 0.713344278973213
Standard Error 189.608208003821
Observations 12

ANOVA
df SS MS F
Regression 2 1056016.79711822 528008.398559109 14.6867791101439
Residual 9 323561.452881783 35951.2725424203
Total 11 1379578.25

Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value

Intercept 187.329605374008 252.282244631481 0.742539791683113 0.476692637276625
Promotion 6.39248921775422 1.20096380061974 5.32279925044825 0.000479211851001
Advertising -0.319255424065276 0.933760262847119 -0.341902988130848 0.740271984466751
 Significance F
0.001465368903773

Lower 95% Upper 95% Lower 95.0% Upper 95.0%

-383.372481365906 758.031692113922 -383.372481365906 758.031692113922
3.67572035392092 9.10925808158752 3.67572035392092 9.10925808158752
-2.43156789100122 1.79305704287067 -2.43156789100122 1.79305704287067
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Multiple Linear Regression

Promotion Advertising Revenue
Jan $63.0 $123.0 $543.0
Feb $117.0 $234.0 $1,000.0
Mar $161.0 $321.0 $1,200.0
Apr $117.0 $234.0 $924.0
May $116.0 $231.0 $876.0
Jun $117.0 $301.0 $778.0
Jul $213.0 $234.0 $1,550.0
Aug $117.0 $333.0 $777.0
Sep $167.0 $234.0 $678.0
Oct $117.0 $333.0 $876.0
Nov $216.0 $221.0 $1,654.0
Dec $63.0 $185.0 $565.0
Totals $1,584.0 $2,984.0 $11,421.0

Sales promotion $125.0 $75.0 $200.0

Advertising $250.0 $300.0 $300.0
Revenues $906.58 $570.99 $1,370.05

Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95%

Intercept 187.329605374 252.282244631 0.74253979168 0.47669263728 -383.37248137
Promotion 6.39248921775 1.20096380062 5.32279925045 0.00047921185 3.67572035392
Advertising -0.3192554241 0.93376026285 -0.3419029881 0.74027198447 -2.431567891
Upper 95%Lower 95.0%
Upper 95.0%
758.03169 -383.3725 758.03169
9.1092581 3.6757204 9.1092581
1.793057 -2.431568 1.793057