Sales and Experience the General Manager of a Chain of Department

question 161

Essay

Sales and Experience The general manager of a chain of department stores believes that experience is the most important factor in determining the level of success of a salesperson. To examine this belief she records last month's sales (in $1,000s)and the years of experience of 10 randomly selected salespeople. These data are listed below. {Sales and Experience Narrative} Calculate the Pearson correlation coefficient. Interpret this result.

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