The following data list worldwide shipments of personal computers (1,000) according to Dataquest.


Question: 12 The following data list worldwide shipments of personal computers (1,000) according to Dataquest. Plot the data, fit a trend line, and discuss the strength of prediction of the regression model. In addition, explore a quadratic trend. Compare the results of the two models.

Hint for question: Compare the errors on the basis of the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/courses/crs1396/art/common/pixel.png

Copy and paste the following data set in Excel to save the typing effort and possible mistakes in data entry.

Year Shipments
1985 14,705
1986 15,064
1987 16,676
1988 18,061
1989 21,327
1990 23,738
1991 26,966
1992 32,411
1993 38,851
1994 47,894
1995 60,171
1996 71,065
1997 82,400
1998 97,321
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