Rock Concert Revenues
a Financier Whose Specialty Is Investing in Rock

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Essay

Rock Concert Revenues
A financier whose specialty is investing in rock concerts has observed that,in general,concerts with "big-name" stars seem to generate more revenue than those concerts whose stars are less well known.To examine his belief he records the gross revenue and the payment (in $ millions)given to the two highest-paid performers in the concert for ten concert tours.
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Concert } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Cost of Twa Highest Paid } \\\text { Perfarmers (\$mil) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Grass Revenue } \\( \mathbf {\$ m i l } )\end{array} \\\hline 1 & 5.3 & 48 \\2 & 7.2 & 65 \\3 & 1.3 & 18 \\4 & 1.8 & 20 \\5 & 3.5 & 31 \\6 & 2.6 & 26 \\7 & 8.0 & 73 \\8 & 2.4 & 23 \\9 & 4.5 & 39 \\10 & 0.7 & 58 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-{Rock Concert Revenues Narrative} Do the $\rho$ and $\beta$ ₁ tests in the previous questions provide the same results? Explain.

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