Solution: As part of an effort to forecast future gasoline sales, an operator of five independent gas stations recorded the quarterly gasoline sales (in thousands
Question: As part of an effort to forecast future gasoline sales, an operator of five independent gas stations recorded the quarterly gasoline sales (in thousands of gallons) for the past four years. These sales are shown below along with time (1-16), Year (1-4), and Quarter (1-4).
| Time | Year | Quarter | Gasoline | Gasoline | Time | Quarter Indicators | ||||
| Sales | Sales | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 61 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 56 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 82 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 69 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 49 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 66 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 90 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 66 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Given the somewhat mutilated regression printout, is the model significant. Please provide the exact p-value.
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