Data Were Collected for a Sample of Companies Regarding Their

question 9

Multiple Choice

Data were collected for a sample of companies regarding their investment in quality improvement efforts and cost savings realized as a result (both measured as a percentage of sales revenue) . The correlation coefficient for these data is r = 0.913. If the data were collected for individual departments within companies rather than at the company level, we would expect

• A) a stronger correlation
• B) a weaker correlation
• C) the same correlation
• D) fewer outliers in the data
• E) No expectation with regards to regression modeling can be drawn from the given information.

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Future Transactions

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Annul

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A relationship where one party places trust and confidence in another with the expectation that the latter will act in their best interest, typically involving nondisclosure of certain information.

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