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)?
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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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