QUESTION: A manufacturing firm has designed a training program that is supposed to increase the

productivity of employees. The personal manager decides to examine this claim by analyzing the data
results from 1
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group of 20 employees. The following table shows the result.


%Raise in productivity vs. productivity

employee no. Productivity,X %Raise in prod,Y
1 47 4.2
2 71 8.1
3 64 6.8
4 35 4.3
5 43 5
6 60 7.5
7 38 4.7
8 59 5.9
9 67 6.9
10 56 5.7
11 67 5.7
12 57 5.4
13 69 7.5
14 38 3.8
15 54 5.9
16 76 6.3
17 53 5.7
18 40 4
19 47 5.5
20 23 2.2








Scatter plot showing the relation between percent Raise in productivity Vs productivity








INFERENCE
1. As productivity increases then there is a tendency for percent raise in productivity to increase.
2. This indicates positive relationship between both parameters.
3. Hence, the training program is a success.


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