Statistics for Decision- Making in Business - Maricopa Community ...
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a. Us<strong>in</strong>g Excel, f<strong>in</strong>d the mean and range of the data.<br />
b. Expla<strong>in</strong> the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of the mean you found.<br />
c. Expla<strong>in</strong> the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of the range you found.<br />
d. Create a relative frequency histogram <strong>for</strong> age. Leave your b<strong>in</strong> width as 2 million<br />
people.<br />
e. Create a relative frequency histogram <strong>for</strong> age with b<strong>in</strong> width 5 million people.<br />
f. The federal government regularly publishes reports on employment across the<br />
many <strong>in</strong>dustries. Us<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation you have gathered, generate a brief report<br />
detail<strong>in</strong>g your f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g any trends <strong>in</strong> employment.<br />
4. A resort cha<strong>in</strong> that wishes to expand is constantly search<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> new sites to add<br />
properties that will be profitable. A good place to start is by consider<strong>in</strong>g climates.<br />
Suppose Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide obta<strong>in</strong>s the follow<strong>in</strong>g data from the<br />
U.S. Census Bureau on highest temperatures ever recorded <strong>in</strong> various cities <strong>in</strong> the United<br />
States:<br />
112 100 128 120 134 114 106 110<br />
109 112 100 118 117 116 118 121<br />
114 114 105 109 107 112 115 115<br />
118 117 118 125 106 110 122 108<br />
110 121 113 120 119 111 104 111<br />
120 113 120 117 107 110 118 112<br />
114 115<br />
(SOURCE: U.S. Statistical Abstract, Table 391)<br />
a. Us<strong>in</strong>g Excel, f<strong>in</strong>d the mean and range of the data.<br />
b. Expla<strong>in</strong> the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of the mean you found.<br />
c. Expla<strong>in</strong> the real-world mean<strong>in</strong>g of the range you found.<br />
d. Create a relative frequency histogram <strong>for</strong> age. Leave your b<strong>in</strong> width as 5 degree.<br />
e. Create a relative frequency histogram <strong>for</strong> age with b<strong>in</strong> width 10 degrees.<br />
f. What percentage of states can be elim<strong>in</strong>ated from consideration if the company<br />
will not take any risks with states that have had a record high over 115 F<br />
g. Summarize the distribution of high temperatures <strong>in</strong> the U.S.<br />
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