Question: Chasewood Apartments is a 300/unit complex near Fairway University that attracts mostly university students. Manager Joan Newman suspects that the number of units leased during each semester is impacted by the number of students enrolled at the university. The university enrollment and number of apartment units leased during the past eight semesters is:
|
Semester
|
University Enrollment (thousands)
|
Number of Units Leased
|
|
1
|
7.2
|
291
|
|
2
|
6.3
|
228
|
|
3
|
6.7
|
252
|
|
4
|
7.0
|
265
|
|
5
|
6.9
|
270
|
|
6
|
6.4
|
240
|
|
7
|
7.1
|
288
|
|
8
|
6.7
|
246
|
Use a simple regression analysis to develop a model to forecast the number of apartment units leased, based on university enrollment. If the enrollment for next semester is expected to be 6,600 students, forecast the number of apartment units that will be leased.
What percent of variation in apartment units leased is explained by university enrollment?
How useful do you think university enrollment is for forecasting the number of apartment units leased?