TABLE 13-4
the Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are

Short Answer

TABLE 13-4
The managers of a brokerage firm are interested in finding out if the number of new clients a broker brings intothe firm affects the sales generated by the broker. Theysample 12 brokersand determine the numberof new clients they have enrolled in the last year and their sales amountsin thousandsof dollars. These data are presented in the table that follows. $\begin{array}{lll}\text { Broker } & \text { Clients } & \text { Sales } \\1 & 27 & 52 \\2 & 11 & 37 \\3 & 42 & 64 \\4 & 33 & 55 \\5 & 15 & 29 \\6 & 15 & 34 \\7 & 25 & 58 \\8 & 36 & 59 \\9 & 28 & 44 \\10 & 30 & 48 \\11 & 17 & 31 \\12 & 22 & 38\end{array}$

-Referring to Table 13-4, the managers of the brokerage firm wanted to test the hypothesis that the true slope was equal to 0. At a level of significance of 0.01, the decision that should be made implies that ______(there is or there is no) linear dependent relation between the independent and dependent variables.