Instruction 12-4
the Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested

question 185

Short Answer

Instruction 12-4
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.
$\begin{array}{ccc}\text { Broker}&\text {Clients }&\text {Sales }\\\hline1 & 27 & 52 \\2 & 11 & 37 \\3 & 42 & 64 \\4 & 33 & 55 \\5 & 15 & 29 \\6 & 15 & 34 \\7 & 25 & 58 \\8 & 36 & 59 \\9 & 28 & 44 \\10 & 30 & 48 \\11 & 17 & 31 \\12 & 22 & 38\end{array}$
-Referring to Instruction 12-4,the least squares estimate of the slope is ________.

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Definitions:

Labor Force

The total number of people employed or actively seeking employment in a country or region.

Labor Force

The total number of people employed or actively seeking employment in a given economic territory or nation.

Structurally Unemployed

individuals who are unemployed due to structural changes in the economy that make their skills or industries obsolete.

Consumer Price Index

A measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, typically used as an indicator of inflation.