Question

The manager at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock believes that the success of the Texas Tech Red Raider Basketball team has an impact on the occupancy rate at the hotel during the first quarter of every year. Below are the number of victories for the Red Raiders in during the last three seasons and the hotel occupancy rate. This year, (year 4) the Red Raiders Basketball Team is expected to have another phenomenal season and win 31 games and the manager at the Overton has asked you to determine their first quarter occupancy rate for the upcoming year (year 4) using associative forecasting, given that the SLOPE = 0.0474 and the INTERCEPT =0.4743
Year Wins First Quarter Occupancy Rate
1 15 60%
2 28 90%
3 31 93%

a. 93.4%
b. 88.1%
c. 91.7%
d. 36.9%
e. 90.0%

Answer 1

Answer: 99.51%

Explanation:

This is a linear regression problem.

The relationship between the success of the team and the occupancy rate is in the form:

y = mx + c

y = occupancy rate

m = slope

x = number of games

c = slope

Intercept is supposed to be negative in question:

= 0.0474 * 31 + (-0.4743)

= 99.51%

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