SCENARIO 12-4
the Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested

question 49

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SCENARIO 12-4
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. $\begin{array}{lll}\text { Broker } & \text {Clients} & \text {Sales }\\1 & 27 & 52 \\2 & 11 & 37 \\3 & 42 & 64 \\4 & 33 & 55 \\5 & 15 & 29 \\6 & 15 & 34 \\7 & 25 & 58 \\8 & 36 & 59 \\9 & 28 & 44 \\10 & 30 & 48 \\11 & 17 & 31 \\12 & 22 & 38\end{array}$
-Referring to Scenario 12-4, the regression sum of squares (SSR) is .

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Definitions:

Outstanding Stock

The total shares of a company's stock that are currently owned by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company’s officers and insiders.

Net Income

The remaining earnings of a company after deducting all expenditures and taxes from the revenues.

Dividends

Distributions of a portion of a company's earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders, typically in the form of cash, stocks, or other assets.

Accrued Interest

Interest that has been earned but not yet received in cash or recorded, representing a liability for the payer and an asset for the receiver.