The dean of the Business School at a small Florida college wishes to determine whether the 9) grade-point average (GPA) of a graduating student can be used to predict the graduateʹs starting salary. More specifically, the dean wants to know whether higher GPAs lead to higher starting salaries. Records for 23 of last yearʹs Business School graduates are selected at random, and data on GPA (x) and starting salary (y, in $thousands) for each graduate were used to fit the model

A. j. was a newly hired attorney for idle time gaming, inc. even though he reported directly to the president of the company, a. j. noticed that the president always had time to converse with the director of sales, calling on him to get a pulse on legal/regulatory issues that, as the company attorney, a. j. could have probably handled. a. j. also noted that the hr manager’s administrative assistant was the go-to person for a number of things that would make life easier at work. a. j. was recognizing the culture at idle time gaming.