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

question 125

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, the managers of the brokerage firm wanted to test the hypothesis that the population slope was equal to 0. The value of the test statistic is ________.

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Definitions:

Skill Variety

the degree to which a job requires a range of different activities and skills to carry out the work involved.

Task Identity

The degree to which a job requires the completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work, providing a sense of accomplishment to the person doing the job.

Autonomy

The degree of freedom and independence an individual or entity has to make decisions or take actions without external control or influence.

Client Relationships

The professional connections and interactions between a business and its clients, focusing on communication, trust, and service quality.