TABLE 13-4 The Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested in Finding

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TABLE 13-4
The managers of a brokerage firm are interested in finding out if the number of new clients a broker brings into the firm affects the sales generated by the broker. They sample 12 brokers and determine the number of new clients they have enrolled in the last year and their sales amounts in thousands of dollars. These data are presented in the table that follows.
-Referring to Table 13-4, the coefficient of correlation is ________.

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Definitions:

Implied Authority

The power of an agent to act on behalf of a principal, derived from the actions, words, or conduct of the principal rather than from an explicit written or spoken agreement.

Express Authority

Authority explicitly granted by a principal to an agent to perform specific acts or functions on the principal's behalf.

Apparent Authority

Apparent authority refers to a situation where a person appears to have the agent's authority to act on behalf of another (the principal) due to the principal's actions, leading third parties to believe in the existence of such authority.

Manager

An individual responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization.