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,suppose the managers of the brokerage firm want to construct a 99% prediction interval for the sales made by a broker who has brought into the firm 18 new clients.The prediction interval is from _____ to _____ .

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Definitions:

Effective Rate

The actual rate of interest earned or paid on an investment or loan, taking into account compounding.

Semi-annual Payments

Payments that are made twice a year, typically in the context of loan repayments or income distributions.

Semi-annually Compounded

Relating to the process in which the interest on a loan or investment is calculated and added to the principal amount twice a year.

Effective Annual Rate

A measure of the true interest rate accounting for the effects of compounding over a year.