A sales manager was interested in determining if there is a relationship between college GPA and sales performance among salespeople hired within the last year.A
Sample of recently hired salespeople was selected the number of units each sold last
Month recorded.The regression results are shown below. Based on these results, at α = .05 we will
A)reject the null hypothesis.
B)not reject the null hypothesis.
C)conclude that there is no significant relationship between GPA and sales performance.

Question

A sales manager was interested in determining if there is a relationship between college GPA and sales performance among salespeople hired within the last year.A
Sample of recently hired salespeople was selected the number of units each sold last
Month recorded.The regression results are shown below.  Based on these results, at α = .05 we will
A)reject the null hypothesis. 
B)not reject the null hypothesis. 
C)conclude that there is no significant relationship between GPA and sales performance.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The regression results show a significant relationship between GPA and sales performance, as evidenced by the p-value of 0.009, which is less than the alpha level of 0.05. Therefore, we can reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a significant relationship between GPA and sales performance among recently hired salespeople.

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