Average Performance

Customer Years with

Total Sales ($) Bonus Previous Years
Accounts Company
($)
Smith, Michael 325,000.78 12,499.35 124 14
Yu, Joe 13,678.21 239.94 9 7
Reeves, Bill 452,359.19 21,987.25 175 21
Hamilton,Joshua 87,423.91 7,642.90 28 3
Harper,Derek 87,654.21 1,250.14 21 4
Quinn, Dorothy 234,091.39 14,567.98 48 9
Graves, Lorrie 379,401.94 27,981.44 121 12
Sun, Yi 31,733.59 672.91 7 1
Thompson, Nicole 127,845.22 13,322.97 17 3

Solution:
Average Performance
Customer Years with
Total Sales ($) Bonus Previous Years
Accounts Company
($)
Smith, Michael 325,001 12,499 124 14
Yu, Joe 13,678 240 9 7
Reeves, Bill 452,359 21,987 175 21
Hamilton,Joshua 87,424 7,643 28 3
Harper,Derek 87,654 1,250 21 4
Quinn, Dorothy 234,091 14,568 48 9
Graves, Lorrie 379,402 27,981 121 12
Sun, Yi 31,734 673 7 1
Thompson, Nicole 127,845 13,323 17 3
 Gross Domestic Product (in US
Country Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Albania 7,385,937,423 8,105,580,293 9,650,128,750
Argentina 169,725,491,092 198,012,474,920 241,037,555,661
Australia 704,453,444,387 758,320,889,024 916,931,817,944
Austria 272,865,358,404 290,682,488,352 336,840,690,493
Belgium 335,571,307,765 355,372,712,266 408,482,592,257

Solution:
Gross Domestic Product (in US
Country Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Albania $ 7,385,937,423 $ 8,105,580,293 $ 9,650,128,750
Argentina $ 169,725,491,092 $ 198,012,474,920 $ 241,037,555,661
Australia $ 704,453,444,387 $ 758,320,889,024 $ 916,931,817,944
Austria $ 272,865,358,404 $ 290,682,488,352 $ 336,840,690,493
Belgium $ 335,571,307,765 $ 355,372,712,266 $ 408,482,592,257
stic Product (in US $)
Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
11,592,303,225 10,781,921,975 10,569,204,154
301,259,040,110 285,070,994,754 339,604,450,702
982,991,358,955 934,168,969,952 1,178,776,680,167
375,777,347,214 344,514,388,622 341,440,991,770
451,663, 134,614 421,433,351,959 416,534,140,346

stic Product (in US $)

Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
$ 11,592,303,225 $ 10,781,921,975 $ 10,569,204,154
$ 301,259,040,110 $ 285,070,994,754 $ 339,604,450,702
$ 982,991,358,955 $ 934,168,969,952 $ 1,178,776,680,167
$ 375,777,347,214 $ 344,514,388,622 $ 341,440,991,770
451,663, 134,614 $ 421,433,351,959 $ 416,534,140,346
 Moth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Revenue ($) 145,869 123,576 143,298 178,505 186,850 192,850 134,500

Solution:
a) One of the problems with the layout and display of this line chart is that it is hard to analyze:
1. The values of revenue are in dollar sign and one unit of y-axis equals to $10,000. This is why the data
2. The horizontal gridlines in the graph are making it a bit messy that also becomes a problem with the l

b)
250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
50,000

0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
145,286 154,285 148,523 139,600 148,235

to analyze:
0. This is why the data lacks a bit accuracy and exactness. It can be better represented or displayed if the gab in dollar value per u
es a problem with the layout and display of the line chart. It would make the graph better if the gridlines will be remove on the ch

Oct Nov Dec

Oct Nov Dec
d if the gab in dollar value per unit on y-axis gets increased to get a clearer image of the monthly revenue values.
dlines will be remove on the chart.
 Franchise Number of U.S. Locations
Hampton Inns 1,864
ampm 3,183
McDonald's 32,805
7-Eleven Inc. 37,496
Supercuts 213
Days Inn 1,877
Vanguard Cleaning Systems 2,155
Servpro 1,572
Subway 34,871
Denny's Inc. 1,668
Jan-Pro Franchising Intl. Inc. 12,394
Hardee's 1,901
Pizza Hut Inc. 13,281
Kumon Math & Reading Centers 25,199
Dunkin' Donuts 9,947
KFC Corp. 16,224
Jazzerc ise Inc. 7,683
Anytime Fitness 1,618
Mateo Tools 1,431
Stratus Building Solutions 5,018
 Observation x y Observation x y
1 -22 22 11 -37 48
2 -33 49 12 34 -29
3 2 8 13 9 -1 8
4 29 -16 14 -33 31
5 -13 10 15 20 -16
6 21 -28 16 -3 14
7 -13 27 17 -15 18
8 -23 35 18 12 17
9 14 -5 19 -20 -1 1
10 3 -3 20 -7 -22

Solution:
a)

Scatter chart for these 20 observations

25
20
15
10
5
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5
-5
-10
-15
-20
-25

b) The trendline confirms that there appears to be a negative linear relationship between the x and y var
nship between the x and y variables.
 Production (millions of vehicles)
Manufacturer Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Toyota 8.04 8.53 9.24 7.23 8.56
GM 8.97 9.35 8.28 6.46 8.48
Volkswagen 5.68 6.27 6.44 6.07 7.34
Hyundai 2.51 2.62 2.78 4.65 5.76

Solution:
a)

Line chart of Motor Vehicle Manufactures

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Toyota GM Volkswagen Hyundai

b)

c)
Chart Title

Hyundai

Volkswagen

GM

Toyota

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Year 5 Year 4 Year 3 Year 2 Year 1

Year 1: GM
Year 2: GM
Year 3: Toyota
Year 4: Toyota
Year 5: Toyota
 Month Price ($) Solution:
1 2.26 a)
2 2.63
3 2.53 Chart Title
4 2.62 4.5
5 2.55 4
6 2.55 3.5
7 2.65 3
8 2.61
2.5
9 2.72
2
10 2.64
1.5
11 2.77
12 2.85 1

13 2.84 0.5
14 2.73 0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
15 2.73
16 2.73 Average is 3.08
17 2.71
18 2.80
19 2.86 b) The positive linear trend indicate about the price of gasoline
20 2.99
21 3.10
22 3.21
23 3.56
24 3.80
25 3.91
26 3.68
27 3.65
28 3.64
29 3.61
30 3.45
31 3.38
32 3.27
33 3.38
34 3.58
35 3.85
36 3.90
Average 3.08
tle

21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35

ut the price of gasoline over these 36 months.

 Salesperson Contracts Sold
Harish 24
David 41
Kristina 19
Steven 23
Tim 53
Mona 39

Solution:
a) American Insurance
60

50

40

30
Contracts Sold
20

10

0
Harish David Kristina Steven Tim Mona

b,
Salesperson Contracts Sold
Tim 53
David 41 American Insurance
Mona 39 60
Harish 24
Steven 23 50

Kristina 19
40

30

20

10

0
Tim David Mona Harish Steven Kristina

c,
American Insurance
60

50 53

40
41
39
30 Contracts Sold
 American Insurance
60

50 53

40
41
39
30 Contracts Sold

20 24 23
19
10

0
Harish David Kristina Steven Tim Mona
surance

Contracts Sold

Steven Kristina
Harish 12.1%
David 20.6%
Kristina 9.5% 20% 12%
Steven 11.6%
21%
Tim 26.6%
Mona 19.6% 27%
10%
12%

Harish David Kristina

Steven Tim Mona

a,the pie chart is not able to provide the accurate percentage or accurate number of contracts sold by the salesperson.
It only providé a rough estimate of the provides a rough estimate of the proportion of contracts sold by different salesperson a
b, Column chart
c,

The total number of term life insuarance

30.0%
26.6%
25.0%
20.6%
19.6%
20.0%

15.0%
12.1% 11.6%
9.5%
10.0%

5.0%

0.0%
Harish David Kristina Steven Tim Mona
old by the salesperson.
sold by different salesperson and it is not displaying the frequency of the contracts sold
 Four Cylinders Six Cylinders
Red 143 857 a, Fou
Black 200 800
Green 321 679 900
White 420 580 800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Red Black Green
Exterior Color
b,
 Four Cylinders Six Cylinders

ack Green White

Exterior Color
Age Category Smartphone (%) Other Cell Phone (%) No Cell Phone (%)
18-24 49 46 5
25-34 58 35 7
35-44 44 45 11
45-54 28 58 14
55-64 22 59 19
65+ 11 45 44

a,
Chart Title
120

100

80

60

40

20

0
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Smartphone (%) Other Cell Phone (%) No Cell Phone (%)

 65+

%)
 Attending Required Tasks Prepar- ing
Meetings (%) Business Reports (%)

Seattle 32 17
Portland 52 11
Bend 18 11
Locations
Missoula 21 6
Boise 12 14
Olympia 17 12
Customer Interaction
Idle (%)
(%)

37 14
24 13
52 19
43 30
64 10
54 17
 Expected Rate of Capital Invested
Project Risk Estimate
Return (%) (Millions $)
1 12.6 6.8 6.4
2 14.8 6.2 45.8
3 9.2 4.2 9.2
4 6.1 6.2 17.2
5 21.4 8.2 34.2
6 7.5 3.2 14.8