A television producer wants to predict the success of new television programs. A program is considered successful if it survives its ?rst season. Data on production costs, number of sponsors, and the total amount spent on promoting the program are available. A random sample of programs is selected, and the data are presented in the following table. Production costs are in millions of dollars, and promotions in hundreds of thousands of dollars; S denotes success and F failure.
Success/Failure
|
Production Cost
|
Number of Sponsors
|
Promotions
|
S
|
2.5
|
1
|
2.1
|
F
|
1.1
|
1
|
3.7
|
S
|
2.0
|
1
|
2.8
|
F
|
2.5
|
1
|
1.8
|
F
|
2.5
|
1
|
1.0
|
S
|
3.7
|
2
|
5.5
|
S
|
3.6
|
3
|
5.0
|