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

question 120

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. At a level of significance of 0.01, the null hypothesis should be ________ (rejected or not rejected).

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Definitions:

Equipment Exchanges

Transactions where businesses trade equipment with each other, often to update or upgrade their operational assets without significant cash outflows.

Commercial Substance

Transactions that cause a significant change in the future cash flows of a company.

Carrying Amount

The book value of assets and liabilities as recorded in an entity's financial statements, minus any accumulated depreciation or amortization.

Straight-Line Method

An approach to depreciation that involves evenly allocating an asset's cost over the period of its useful life.