Running the Analysis

Figure 1. Procedure main dialog box
Curve Estimation dialog showing Detrended sales selected as the dependent variable and Advertising spending selected as the independent variable
  1. Select Detrended sales as the dependent variable.
  2. Select Advertising spending as the independent variable.
  3. Select Quadratic, in additional to Linear, as models to estimate.
  4. Click Save.
    Figure 2. Save dialog box
    Save dialog box
  5. Select Predicted values and Residuals in the Save Variables group.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Click OK in the Curve Estimation dialog box.
    Figure 3. Alert window
    Alert window
  8. The procedure alerts you to the number of variables that will be created. Two models times two variables to be saved per model results in four saved variables.
  9. Click OK.

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