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:

Financial Ratios

Relationships determined from a firm’s financial information and used for comparison purposes.

Prior Time Periods

Refers to specific durations or intervals in the past used for analysis or comparison.

Peer Group

A set of individuals or entities that share similar characteristics or interests, often used as a benchmark or point of comparison.

Accounting Methods

The specific rules and procedures used by businesses to record financial transactions and prepare financial statements.