MATH 108X - Charts & Graphs Case Study

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The goal of this project is to practice making and interpreting charts and
graphs.
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Step #1 Scroll to column U and read Craig's Background Story. Craig's Background Story
Check
Step #2 T ype in the remaining U.S Cencus Bureau d ata and recreate a more
ap propriate bar chart th an th e one given to su mmarize that data. #2 Final page of printouts that Craig was given. The highlighted data on this page needs to be typed into the table to the left. In this week's introductory video, you saw Craig at his internship at the headquarters of a sporting Credit Card
American Community Survey Denver San Diego Seattle Salt Lake City goods store chain. Craig was given the assignment by his boss to make some charts and graphs of his Payroll Deduction
team's data. These will help the team make an informed decision at their next meeting. (Note: your next
Elementary Students 28,618 151,209 25,798 class period will role play this "next meeting" and your work on this file will help your class make an Direct Deposit
Step #3 C reate an app rop riate chart or graph th at s ummarizes th e comp any's informed decision.)
average ann ual s ales by age grou p category. Middle School Students 30,997 155,481 26,130 Debit Card
High School Students 26,556 164,279 19,645 To rewatch the introductory video, click here.
College Students 30,656 240,341 53,443
C heck C raig's n umerical su mmaries for accuracy and compute all remain in g For this Case Study, consider yourself Craig's partner with the same assignment he was given. Craig
Step #4 300, 000
n umerical su mmaries in order to p rod uce a graph depictin g if th ere is a
250, 000 (Craig tried to make th is graph .) has already started to type in data for the project. Now it is your job to help him finish, correct any
relations hip between mistakes, and appropriately summarize the data with charts and graphs .
200, 000 (It need s to b e deleted an d remade cor rectly.)
150, 000
100, 000
(It also need s bett er la bels)
the average ann ual sales of each s tore an d the store's
50, 000
W ha t he did already...
d is tance from the n ea rest athletic stad iu m.
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1 Craig has entered in most of the data from the pages upon pages of printouts that his boss gave him and has double
Step #5 Cr eat e a n approp ri ate c hart or grap h (click to rev iew when to use eac h g raph) that summarizes the co mp any's aver age m ont hly sales b y mon
Insert th of the
a chart year.2
the American 3
Community Survey data here.
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checked it for accuracy. He has also computed some numerical summaries of the data. However, he hasn't double
checked his numerical summaries for accuracy and isn't sure if he did all of his calculations correctly.

Finally, Craig tried to make a bar chart that summarizes some of the information, but he hasn' t been able to figure out
how to get proper labels on it. He also isn't sure what types of charts and graphs to make for the remaining data.
Step #6
Write a p lan or s cript for what you would say du ring the n ext comp any
meetin g w hen p resenting these charts and graphs an d numerical Colum n I Column J Colum n K Col um n L What he needs help with...
s ummaries to C raig's Team.
Help Craig finish typing in the remaining data and make appropriate charts and graphs of the data by
Y our comments shou ld b e of p rofess ion al pres en tation q uality.Provide completing Steps #2 through #5. Then, help Craig prepare for the next business meeting by writing a
conclus ion s from th e data and graphics for each of p arts #2 through #5. description (Step #6) of what you would say about your charts and graphs to Craig's team. You will
On e paragrap h per section.
#3 Current Annual Sales by Age Group Annual Sales use this description in your next class period.
P rovide a recommendation for where and when the sporting goods
company should open, based on your insights from the graphics Elementary Students $ 85,204
and data. Middle School Students $ 115,229
High School Students $ 955,820
Insert chart or graph of Annual Sales for each Age Group here. Remember...
Provide your descriptions of what you would say about these College Students $ 402,517
charts and graphs and numerical summaries here...
Boxes with red triangles in them contain "Hints" which you can read by hovering your mouse over
Thes e values show the breakdown of the annual sales from las t year them.
(Year 5) according to age group category.

#4 Store 1 Sales Store 2 Sales Store 3 Sales Store 4 Sales Store 5 Sales Store 6 Sales

Year 1 Total Sales $ 217,129

Year 2 Total Sales
Year 3 Total Sales
Year 4 Total Sales
Year 5 Total Sales
Average Total Sales $
Standard Deviation of Total Sales $
$ 257,281
$ 232,019
$ 238,271
$ 221,061
233,152
15,911
$ 312,409
$ 308,782
$ 304,242
$ 280,690
$ 301,513
$ 12,375
$ 185,163
$ 192,598 $ 279,420
$ 240,355 $ 281,793 $ 181,091 $ 241,258
$ 283,143 $ 279,280 $ 247,569 $ 247,027

Current Stores Distance from Stadium Average Annual Sales

Store 1 3.8
Store 2 1.4
Store 3 4.3
Inse rt a chart or graph tha t c ould illustrate a re lationship be tween
Store 4 2.2
Store 5 3.6
the Average A nnual Sale s for e ach store and
Store 6 3.5 the Distanc e of the store from the Nea rest Stadum here.

#5 Current Stores Month Number Average Monthly Sales

January 1 54,345
February 2 67,321
March 3 86,911
April 4 105,222
Inse rt a chart of Monthly O verall Ave rage Sales against
May 5 110,315 the Month of the Year here.
June 6 133,153
July 7 156,213
August 8 168,158
September 9 135,859
October 10 93,628
November 11 80,636
December 12 126,231

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Note, this "How Did I Do" page does not check your charts and
MATH 108X - Craig's Report Case Study 20 Total Errors
graphs for correctness.
The goal of this project is to practice making and interpreting charts and graphs.
2 Total Correct
#1
Step #1 Scroll to column U and read Craig's Background Story. Craig's Background Story

Step #2 T ype in the remaining U.S Cencus Bureau d ata and recreate a more
ap propriate bar chart th an th e one given to su mmarize that data. #2 Final page of printouts that Craig was given. The highlighted data on this page needs to be typed into the table to the left. In this week's introductory video, you saw Craig at his internship at the headquarters of a sporting
goods store chain. Craig was given the assignment by his boss to make some charts and graphs of his
2015 American Community Survey Denver San Diego Seattle Salt Lake City
team's data. These will help the team make an informed decision at their next meeting. (Note: your next
Elementary Students 28,618 151,209 25,798 ERROR class period will role play this "next meeting" and your work on this file will help your class make an
Step #3 C reate an app rop riate chart or graph th at s ummarizes th e comp any's average informed decision.)
an nu al sales b y age group category. Middle School Students 30,997 155,481 26,130 ERROR
High School Students 26,556 164,279 19,645 ERROR To watch the introductory video, click here.
College Students 30,656 240,341 53,443 ERROR
C heck C raig's n umerical su mmaries for accuracy and compu te all remain in g The correct graph should look like this, but without the "Hidden Content."
For this Case Study, consider yourself Craig's partner with the same assignment he was given. Craig
Step #4 has already started to type in data for the project. Now it is your job to help him finish and
n umerical su mmaries in order to p rod uce a graph depictin g if th ere is a
relations hip between appropriately summarize the data with charts and graphs.
Content Hidden W ha t he did already...
th e average an nual sales of each store and the store's distance
from the neares t ath letic stadium.
Craig has entered in most of the data from the pages upon pages of printouts that his boss gave him and has double
Step #5 C reate an app rop riate chart or graph (click to review when to u se each graph ) Content Hidden checked it for accuracy. He has also computed some numerical summaries of the data. However, he hasn't double
th at s ummarizes th e company's average mon th ly sales by mon th of the year. Content Hidden
Content Hidden checked his numerical summaries for accuracy and isn't sure if he did all of his calculations correctly.
Finally, Craig tried to make a bar chart that summarizes some of the information, but he hasn't been able to figure out
how to get proper labels on it. He also isn't sure what types of graphics to make for the remaining data.
Step #6 Write a p lan or s cript for what you would say du ring the n ext comp any
meetin g w hen p resenting these charts and graphs an d numerical su mmaries to
C raig's Team. What he needs help with...
Y our comments shou ld b e of p rofess ion al pres en tation q uality.Provide Help Craig finish typing in the remaining data and make appropriate graphical summaries of the data
Your
conclusinstructor will
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graphics for eachyour
of p artswritten
#2 through #5. One by completing Steps #2 through #5. Then, help Craig prepare for the next business meeting by writing
p ara graph p er s ection.
response. a description (Step #6) of what you would say about your charts and graphs to Craig's team.
Provid e a recommend ation for w here an d when the s portin g good s compan y
s hou ld open, b ased on your insights from th e grap hics an d data.
#3 Current Annual Sales by Age Group Annual Sales

Elementary Students $ 85,204

Middle School Students $ 115,229
Remember...
High School Students $ 955,820 Be sure you have made a w ell labelled chart or graph showing the breakdow n of
Annual Sales according to each age group.
College Students $ 402,517 Boxes with red triangles in them contain "Hints" which you can read by hovering your mouse over
them.
These values show the breakdow n of the annual s ales from last year
(Y ear 5) according to age group category.

#4 Store 1 Sales Store 2 Sales Store 3 Sales Store 4 Sales Store 5 Sales Store 6 Sales

Year 1 Total Sales $ 217,129

Year 2 Total Sales $ 257,281 $ 312,409 $ 185,163
Year 3 Total Sales $ 232,019 $ 308,782 $ 192,598 $ 279,420
Year 4 Total Sales $ 238,271 $ 304,242 $ 240,355 $ 281,793 $ 181,091 $ 241,258
Year 5 Total Sales $ 221,061 $ 280,690 $ 283,143 $ 279,280 $ 247,569 $ 247,027
Average Total Sales Correct ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR

Standard Deviation of Total Sales

Correct ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR

Current Stores Distance from Stadium Average Annual Sales

Store 1 3.8 ERROR

Store 2 1.4 ERROR
Store 3 4.3 ERROR
Store 4 2.2 ERROR
E nsure you have a graph of Average Annual Sales for ea ch store against
Store 5 3.6 ERROR the Distance that the store is from the ne arest Stadum.
Store 6 3.5 ERROR

#5 Current Stores Month Number Average Monthly Sales

January 1 54,345
February 2 67,321
March 3 86,911
April 4 105,222 E nsure you have a chart of Monthly O verall Average Sales againts
the Month of the year here.
May 5 110,315
June 6 133,153
July 7 156,213
August 8 168,158
September 9 135,859
October 10 93,628
November 11 80,636
December 12 126,231
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