9.nthia Jones is Director of Marketing at Vancouver Industries, a large producer of athletic apparel and accessories. Approximately three years ago, Vancouver experienced increased competition in the marketplace, and consequently sales for that year declined nearly 20 percent. At that time, Jones proposed a new marketing campaign for the company, aimed at positioning Vancouver’s product lines toward a younger target audience. Although the new marketing effort was significantly more costly than previous marketing campaigns, Jones assured her superiors that the resulting increase in sales would more than justify the additional expense. Jones was given approval to proceed with the implementation of her plan.

Three years later, in preparation for an upcoming shareholders meeting, the CEO of Vancouver has asked Jones for an evaluation of the marketing campaign. Sales have increased since the inception of the new marketing campaign nearly three years ago, but the CEO is questioning whether the increase is due to the marketing expenditures or can be attributed to other factors. Jones is examining the following data on the firm's aggregate revenue and marketing expenditure over the last 10 quarters. Jones plans to demonstrate the effectiveness of marketing in boosting sales revenue. She chooses to utilize a simple linear regression model. The output is as follows:

Slope coefficient = 34.74 Standard error of slope coefficient = 9.916629313 Standard error of intercept = 92.2840128

For the questions below, assume that the regression model was estimated using a large number of observations.

What is the upper limit of the 95 percent confidence interval for the slope coefficient?

A)   62.84.

B)   46.05.

C)   36.70.

D)   54.18.

The correct answer was D)