Instruction 12 -Referring to Instruction 12

question 195

Short Answer

Instruction 12.28
The managers of a brokerage firm are interested in finding out if the number of new customers a broker brings into the firm affects the sales generated by the broker. They sample 12 brokers and determine the number of new customers they have enrolled in the last year and their sales amounts in thousands of dollars. These data are presented in the table that follows.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Broker } & \text { Clients } & \text { 5les } \\\hline 1 & 27 & 52 \\\hline 2 & 11 & 37 \\\hline 3 & 42 & 64 \\\hline 4 & 33 & 55 \\\hline 5 & 15 & 29 \\\hline 6 & 15 & 34 \\\hline 7 & 25 & 58 \\\hline 8 & 36 & 59 \\\hline 9 & 28 & 44 \\\hline 10 & 30 & 48 \\\hline 11 & 17 & 31 \\\hline 12 & 22 & 38 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 12.28,the managers of the brokerage firm wanted to test the hypothesis that the number of new customers brought in did not affect the amount of sales generated.The value of the test statistic is ____________.

Apply the concept of perfect substitutes and complements in consumer's choice theory.

Understand the impact of income changes on the quantity demanded of goods.

Interpret the implications of specific utility functions (e.g., min, max) on consumption decisions.

Evaluate how changes in wages affect labor supply decisions.

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