Data Were Collected for a Sample of Companies Regarding Their

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 R² for the regression is 0.833.If the data were collected for individual departments within companies rather than at the company level, we would expect ________________________ .

A) a higher R²
B) a lower R²
C) the same R²
D) fewer outliers in the data
E) None of the above.