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Anit [1.1K]
2 years ago
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An actuary at a​ mid-sized insurance company is examining the sales performance of the​ company's sales force. She has data on t

he average size of the policy​ ($ thousands) written in two consecutive years by 40 salespeople. She fits a linear model and finds the slope to be 1.10and the Upper R squared is 79.0​%.She concludes that the predictions for next​ year's policy size will be quite accurate. Examine the data and comment on her conclusions.
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Oksi-84 [34.3K]2 years ago
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Answer:

It is not  quite accurate

Explanation:

The first factor is the Upper R squared, which  is 79.0​%.

this value should be more than 90% in order to get quite accurate,  80% is normal, and below  80% accuracy decreases notably.

It indicates that probably the linear model is not the best for this data, and it is neccesary to  probe other non linear models.

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