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

question 71

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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 error or residual sum of squares (SSE) is .

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Definitions:

Profit-Maximizing

The process by which a firm determines the price and output level that returns the maximum profit.

Marginal Cost

The increase or decrease in the total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a product.

Annual Fixed Cost

Expenses that do not change in proportion to the activity of a business, within the period of a year.

Socially Efficient

An economic condition where resources are allocated in a way that maximizes total social welfare.