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

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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, the managers of the brokerage firm wanted to test the hypothesis that the population slope was equal to 0. At a level of significance of 0.01, the null hypothesis should be ________ (rejected or not rejected).

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Definitions:

Future Value

Future value is the value of an asset or amount of money at a specific future date, accounting for specified interest rates or returns over time.

Time Period

A specific duration marked by a start and end date or time, often used in financial and performance analysis.

Savings Accounts

Deposit accounts held at a financial institution that offer a modest interest rate.

Deposit

A sum of money placed into an account in a bank or similar financial institution.