TABLE 14-1 A Manager of a Product Sales Group Believes the Number

question 147

Multiple Choice

TABLE 14-1
A manager of a product sales group believes the number of sales made by an employee (Y) depends on how many years that employee has been with the company (X₁) and how he/she scored on a business aptitude test (X₂) . A random sample of 8 employees provides the following:
-Referring to Table 14-1, for these data, what is the value for the regression constant, b₀?

• A) 0.998
• B) 3.103
• C) 4.698
• D) 21.293

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