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BUSINESS STATISTICS
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1. The cost of consumer purchases such as single-family housing, gasoline, Internet services, tax
preparation,
and hospitalization were provided in The Wall-Street Journal (January 2, 2007). Sample data typical of
the
cost of tax-return preparation by services such as H&R Block are shown below.
120 230 110 115 160 130 150 105 195 155 105 360
2. In automobile mileage and gasoline-consumption testing, 13 automobiles were road tested for 300
miles in
both city and highway driving conditions. The following data were recorded for miles-per-gallon
performance.
City: 16.2 16.7 15.9 14.4 13.2 15.3 16.8 16.0 16.1 15.3 15.2 15.3 16.2
Highway: 19.4 20.6 18.3 18.6 19.2 17.4 17.2 18.6 19.0 21.1 19.4 18.5 18.7
Use the mean, median, and mode to make a statement about the difference in performance for city and
highway driving.
3. For the following data on number of days required to fill orders for Dawson Supply, Inc., and J.C. Clark
Distributors find the range and standard deviation. Also find who is more consistent and reliable delivery
times.
2005 Season: 74 78 79 77 75 73 75 77
2006 Season: 71 70 75 77 85 80 71 79
a. Use the mean and standard deviation to evaluate the golfer’s performance over the two-year period.
b. What is the primary difference in performance between 2005 and 2006? What improvement, if any,
can be seen in
5. The following frequency distribution shows the price per share of the 30 companies in the
a. Compute the mean price per share and the standard deviation
of the price per share for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
companies.
b. On January 16, 2006, the mean price per share was $45.83
6. Automobiles traveling on a road with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour are checked for speed
deviation.
7. A department of transportation’s study on driving speed and miles per gallon for midsize automobiles
resulted
b) Compute and interpret the sample covariance and sample correlation coefficient.
8. To investigate the relationship between the car’s mileage and the sales price, data were collected on
the
mileage and the sale price for 10 private sales of model year 2000 Honda Accords.
equation.
c. Predict the sales price for a 2000 Honda Accord with 100,000 miles.
9. The following data were collected from a sample of 10 Armand’s Pizza Parlor restaurants located near
college
campuses. For the ith observation or restaurant in the sample, xi is the size of the student population (in
comment.
students
10. A sales manager collected the following data on annual sales and years of experience.
variable.
9 years of experience.