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

question 49

Short Answer

TABLE 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 Table 13-4, suppose the managers of the brokerage firm want to construct n a 99% prediction interval for the sales made by a broker who has brought into the firm 18 new clients. The t critical value they would use is ________.

Differentiate between various types of controls used by managers, including employee evaluation and compensation systems.

Recognize the role of informal controls in shaping employee behavior and their influence on marketing implementation.

Analyze the factors leading to discrepancies between planned and actual marketing strategies.

Describe the interdependency between strategic planning and marketing implementation.

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