TABLE 13-4
the Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested

question 47

Short Answer

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.
$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Broker } & \text { Cliente } & \text { Sales } \\1 & 27 & 52 \\2 & 11 & 37 \\3 & 42 & 64 \\4 & 33 & 55 \\5 & 15 & 29 \\6 & 15 & 34 \\7 & 25 & 58 \\8 & 36 & 59 \\9 & 28 & 44 \\10 & 30 & 48 \\11 & 17 & 31 \\12 & 22 & 38\end{array}$

-Referring to Table 13-4, suppose the managers of the brokerage firm want to obtain a 99% confidence interval estimate for the mean sales made by brokers who have brought into the firm 24 new clients. The confidence interval is from _____to ________.

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Definitions:

Credit

An accounting entry that increases liabilities or equity or decreases an asset or expense.

Signature Card

A form signed by a bank customer that the bank uses to verify signature authenticity on all checks.

Forgeries

Illegal alterations or productions of documents, currency, or other items with the intent to deceive.

Customer's Bank Account

The bank account of a customer, used for transactions between the customer and a company.