During one of the most nerve-wracking football matches of the 2012–2013 German Bundesliga season, life-long friends Max Vogel and Franz Dully start arguing about whether its success is determined by the abundance of funds for a football club during the season. In order to disprove Vogel’s claim that “cash scores goals,” Dully must examine the current market values of the Bundesliga, points earned, and mid-season leader data.
Learning Objective: After analyzing the case, pupils will be able develop regression models, to compute prediction intervals, and interpret data. The development of the regression models asks pupils to choose the important set of variables that are independent, as well as determine an appropriate functional form for the regression equation.
The models derived have to be assessed in addition to compared to one another.
Publication Date: 06/14/2013
This is just an excerpt. This case is about Finance
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