SCENARIO 13-4 The Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested in Finding

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SCENARIO 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.

-Referring to Scenario 13-4,the standard error of estimate is .

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Definitions:

Polyploids

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Hybridization

(1) Interbreeding between members of two different taxa. (2) Interbreeding between genetically dissimilar parents. (3) In molecular biology, complementary base pairing between nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) strands from different sources.

Plant Evolution

The study of the processes that led to the diversity of the plant kingdom, from the earliest forms of life to the vast array of plants we see today.

Mechanical Isolation

A prezygotic reproductive isolating mechanism in which fusion of the gametes of two species is prevented by morphological or anatomical differences.