SCENARIO 14-1 A Manager of a Product Sales Group Believes the Number

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 14-1
A manager of a product sales group believes the number of sales made by an employee (Y) depends on how many years that employee has been with the company (X₁) and how he/she scored on a business aptitude test (X₂) .A random sample of 8 employees provides the following:

-Referring to Scenario 14-1,for these data,what is the estimated coefficient for the variable representing years an employee has been with the company,b₁?

A) 0.998
B) 3.103
C) 4.698
D) 21.293