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TABLE 12-4 The Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested in Finding

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TABLE 12-4
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.
TABLE 12-4 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 12-4, ________% of the total variation in sales generated can be explained by the number of new clients brought in.
-Referring to Table 12-4, ________% of the total variation in sales generated can be explained by the number of new clients brought in.


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