SCENARIO 14-1 A Manager of a Product Sales Group Believes the Number

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SCENARIO 14-1
A manager of a product sales group believes the number of sales made by an employee (Y) depends on how many years that employee has been with the company (X₁) and how he/she scored on a business aptitude test (X₂) .A random sample of 8 employees provides the following:

-Referring to Scenario 14-1,for these data,what is the value for the regression constant,b₀?

• A)0.998
• B)3.103
• C)4.698
• D)21.293

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