A Sales Manager Claims That There Is a Relationship Between

question 32

Multiple Choice

A sales manager claims that there is a relationship between college GPA and sales performance (number of units sold) among salespeople hired within the last year.
Use the regression results are shown below and set α = .05 to test his claim. $$\begin{array} { l r r r r } \text { Predictor } & \text { Coef } & \text { SE Coef } & T & \mathrm {~P} \\\text { Constant } & - 0.484 & 3.256 & - 0.15 & 0.884 \\\text { GPA } & 7.423 & 1.044 & 7.11 & 0.000\end{array}$$

• A) reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is no significant relationship
• Between GPA and sales performance
• B) fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is no significant
• Relationship between GPA and sales performance
• C) reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a significant relationship
• Between GPA and sales performance
• D) fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a significant
• Relationship between GPA and sales performance
• E) None of these

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