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 ________.

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Definitions:

Cost Estimation

The process of predicting the amount of resources, especially financial, required to complete a project or product development within specified constraints.

Scatter Diagram

A graphical representation used to show the relationship between two variables, helping to identify potential correlations.

Relevant Range

The range of activity within which the assumptions made about cost behavior in cost-volume-profit analysis are valid.

Cost Estimates

A predictive calculation of the anticipated expenses for a project or production, used for budgeting and planning purposes.