Question about Linear Correlation
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Do you think there is a correlation between CEO salaries and the degree of success of a company? If you were to take a sample of companies with comparable size, market capitalization, and product category, and plot CEO salaries against the net profit of their respective companies, do you expect to find a linear correlation between the two?
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No, I do not think that the CEO compensation is correlated with the success of the company. CEO compensation is based on a number of factors and not just success of the company as measured by net profits. Some people argue that CEOs get paid a lot of money ...
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