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After receiving your bachelor’s degree in personnel management,you were hired by a small but expanding life insurance company.Your first assignment is to develop a more efficient technique forthe preliminary screening of applicants for sales positions. Sincethe firm employs only college graduates, you decide to work withinformation focusing on their performance during college. A randomsample of 25 from the firm’s current sales force is selected andthe following information is obtained:

Last year’s performance evaluationscore

College grade point average(GPA)

Percent of total college expensesearned by the individual

Number of social organizations theindividual belonged to

                                   Percent of       Numberof

Performance              Expenses        Social

Score              GPA   Earned                       Organizations

43                   2.1      50                   2

47                   2.8      20                   5

53                   2.6      10                   3

56                   2.7      60                   1

57                   3.8      0                     0

64                   2.6      30                   2

68                   3.2      10                   1

68                   2.8      30                   2

74                   2.6      10                   2

75                   2.9      40                   1

77                   3.0      30                   0

78                   3.2      15                   1

81                   3.4      20                   2

83                   2.8      40                  3

87                   2.6      60                   5

88                   3.1      50                   0

89                   2.4      80                   4

90                   3.3      10                   2

91                   2.9      50                   6

92                   3.5      40                   1

93                   3.7      30                   2

94                   3.1      20                   5

95                   3.6      70                   1

96                   3.2      10                   4

97                   3.4      40                   0

On the basis of the data obtained,what recommendations can you make regarding the preliminaryscreening of applicants for sales positions?

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