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

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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 number of new clients brought in had a positive impact on the amount of sales generated. For a test with a level of significance of 0.01, the null hypothesis should be rejected if the value of the test statistic is ________.

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Definitions:

Theoretical Assumptions

Foundational ideas or principles assumed to be true without immediate empirical testing, used as the basis for further theory development or analysis.

Conservatism

An accounting principle that advises to exercise caution and report expenses and liabilities as soon as possible, but to delay the recognition of revenues and assets.

Gross Profit Method

An inventory estimation technique that determines the cost of goods sold and ending inventory using the gross profit margin.