Company goal for new employees = $10,000/month Current mean sales = $10,000/month Only 1 in 10 new hires stays longer than 3 months. Question: Comment on whether using the current mean as a sales goal for new employees is reasonable. Why might employees leave?
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The current mean sales per employee is 10,000/month, but only 1 in 10 new hires lasts beyond 3 months. This means most hires leave early, so the observed average is heavily inflated by a small subset who stay longer, and the average contributor per hire is not Show more…
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