Use the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 23

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the question(s) below.
Stock prices and earnings per share (EPS) data were collected for a sample of 15 companies. Below are the regression results. The dependent variable is Stock Price.
-What is the correlation between stock price and EPS?

• A) -0.975
• B) 0.975
• C) 0.906
• D) 0.950
• E) -0.950

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