Instruction 12 -Referring to Instruction 12

question 19

Essay

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 true slope was equal to 0.The p-value of the test is ____________.

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Definitions:

Accumulated Depreciation

Accumulated depreciation represents the total amount of depreciation expense that has been recorded for an asset since it was acquired, reflecting its decrease in value over time.

Book Value

The net value of a company's assets minus its liabilities, as recorded on the balance sheet, often used to assess a company's worth.

Post-audits

Evaluations conducted after a project or investment has been completed to assess its success and learn from its outcomes.

Capital Budgeting Decision

The process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments that are in line with the firm's goal of value maximization.