A Manager Wishes to Determine the Relationship Between the Number

question 32

Multiple Choice

A manager wishes to determine the relationship between the number of years the managerʹs salesrepresentatives have been with the company and their average monthly sales (in thousands of dollars) .Calculate the linear correlation coefficient. $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \text { Years with company, } x & 2 & 3 & 10 & 7 & 8 & 15 & 3 & 1 & 11 \\\hline \text { Sales, y } & 36 & 38 & 83 & 67 & 70 & 66 & 53 & 60 & 125\end{array}$$

• A) 0.632
• B) 0.561
• C) 0.717
• D) 0.791

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