Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow: Month Maintenance Cost Machine Hours Jan. $ 5,150 480 Feb. 3,950 330 Mar. 4,550 420 Apr. 3,770 290 May 5,300 510 June 3,910 280 July 3,980 350 Aug. 5,420 570 Sept. 5,210 450 Oct. 5,000 440 Nov. 4,250 390 Dec. 4,110 370 Sum $ 54,600 4,880 Average $ 4,550 $ 407 Average cost per hour $ 11.00 a (intercept) $ 1,821.97 b (coefficient) 6.7083 Standard error of the estimate 205.4081 R-squared 0.9020 t-value for b 11.648
Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming...
Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow: Maintenance Month Cost Machine Hours Jan. $ 5,150 860 Feb. 3,950 700 Mar. 4,550...
Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow: Month Maintenance Cost Machine Hours Jan. $ 4,550 620 Feb. 3,350 460 Mar. 3,950...
Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow Maintenance Machine 24 Month Cost $ 4,200 3,000 3,600 2,820 4,350 2,960 3,030 4,470...
Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow: Month Maintenance Cost Machine Hours Jan. $ 4,200 480 Feb. 3,000 320 Mar. 3,600...
Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow: Maintenance Machine Month Cost Hours $ 4,350 3,150 3,750 2,970 4,500 3,110 3,180 4,620...
The McGraw Company is accumulating data to be used in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested that linear regression be employed to derive an equation in the form of y = a + bx for maintenance costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for last year and the results of the regression analysis are as follows: (CMA adapted) Hours of...
The McGraw Company is accumulating data to be used in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested that linear regression be employed to derive an equation in the form of y = a + bx for maintenance costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for last year and the results of the regression analysis are as follows: (CMA adapted) Hours of...
The McGraw Company is accumulating data to be used in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested that linear regression be employed to derive an equation in the form of y = a + bx for maintenance costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for last year and the results of the regression analysis are as follows: (CMA adapted) Hours of...
Midgett Co. has accumulated data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the upcoming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff suggested that linear regression be employed to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis are as follows: Month Maintenance Cost Machine Hours Jan. $ 5,070 520 Feb. 3,657 350 Mar....