9. Is the relationship between the ratio of cash flow to operations and the ratio of net income to sales significant at the 5 percent level?

A. No, because the R2 is greater than 0.05.

B. No, because the p-values of the intercept and slope are less than 0.05.

C. Yes, because the p-values for F and t for the slope coefficient are less than 0.05.

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Kenneth McCoin, CFA, is a fairly tough interviewer. Last year, he handed each job applicant a sheet of paper with the information in the following table, and he then asked several ques- tions about regression analysis. Some of McCoin's questions, along with a sample of the answers he received to each, are given below. McCoin told the applicants that the indepen- dent variable is the ratio of net income to sales for restaurants with a market cap of more than $100 million and the dependent variable is the ratio of cash flow from operations to sales for those restaurants. Which of the choices provided is the best answer to each of McCoin's questions?