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Using the data in RDCHEM.RAW, the following equation was
obtained by OLS:
\ rdintens = 2.613 + .00030sales + .0000000070sales2
(.429) (.00014) (.0000000037)
n = 32, R2 = .1484
i) At what point does the marginal effect of sales on rdintens
become negative?
ii) Would you keep the quadratic term in the model? Explain.
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iii) Define salesbil as sales measured in billions of dollars:
salesbil = sales 1,000. Rewrite the estimated equation with
salesbil and salesbil2 as the independent variables. Be sure to
report standard errors and the R-squared. [Hint: Note that
salesbil2 = sales2 (1,000)2 .]
iv) For the purpose of reporting the results, which equation do you
prefer?