Essentials of Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Excel, by Ande
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8thkEdition
TEST BANK k
,Chapter 1 k
Data and Statistics
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LearningkObjectives
1. Obtainkankappreciationkforkthekbreadthkofkstatisticalkapplicationskinkbusinesskandkeconomics.
2. Understandkthekmeaningkofkthektermskelements,kvariables,kandkobservationskasktheykarekusedkin
kstatistics.
3. Obtainkankunderstandingkofkthekdifferencekbetweenkcategorical,kquantitative,kcross-
sectional,kandktimekserieskdata.
4. Learnkaboutktheksourceskofkdatakforkstatisticalkanalysiskbothkinternalkandkexternalktokthekfirm.
5. Bekawarekofkhowkerrorskcankarisekinkdata.
6. Knowkthekmeaningkofkdescriptivekstatisticskandkstatisticalkinference.
7. Bekablektokdistinguishkbetweenkakpopulationkandkaksample.
8. Understandkthekrolekaksamplekplayskinkmakingkstatisticalkinferenceskaboutkthekpopulation.
9. Knowkthekmeaningkofkthektermskanalytics,kbigkdatakandkdatakmining.
10. Bekawarekofkethicalkguidelineskforkstatisticalkpractice.
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, Solutions:
1. Statisticskcankbekreferredktokasknumericalkfacts.kInkakbroaderksense,kstatisticskiskthekfieldkofkstudyk
dealingkwithkthekcollection,kanalysis,kpresentation,kandkinterpretationkofkdata.
2. a. Thektenkelementskarekthektenktabletkcomputers.
b. Fivekvariables:kCostk($),kOperatingkSystem,kDisplaykSizek(inches),kBatterykLifek(hours),kCPU
kManufacturer
c. Categoricalkvariables:kOperatingkSystemkandkCPUkManufacturer
Quantitativekvariables:kCostk($),kDisplaykSizek(inches),kandkBatterykLifek(hours)
d. k
Variable Measurementk Scale
Costk($) Ratio
OperatingkSystem Nominal
DisplaykSizek(inches) Ratio
BatterykLifek(hours) Ratio
k CPUkManufacturer Nominal
3. a. Averagekcostk=k5829/10k=k$582.90
b. AveragekcostkwithkakWindowskoperatingksystemk=k3616/5k=k$723.20
k AveragekcostkwithkankAndroidkoperatingksystemk=k1714/4k=k$428.5
k ThekaveragekcostkwithkakWindowskoperatingksystemkiskmuchkhigher.
c. 2kofk10kork20%kusekakCPUkmanufacturedkbykTIkOMAP.
d. 4kofk10kork40%kusekankAndroidkoperatingksystem.
4. a.
Therekarekeightkelementskinkthiskdatakset;keachkelementkcorrespondsktokonekofkthekeightkmodelsk
ofkcordlessktelephones.
b. Categoricalkvariables:kVoicekQualitykandkHandsetkonkBasek
Quantitativekvariables:kPrice,kOverallkScore,kandkTalkkTime
c. Pricek–kratiokmeasurement
OverallkScorek–
kintervalkmeasurementkVoicekQualityk–
kordinalkmeasurementkHandsetkonkBasek–
knominalkmeasurementkTalkkTimek–
kratiokmeasurement
5. a. AveragekPricek=k545/8k=k$68.13
b. AveragekTalkkTimek=k71/8k=k8.875khours
c. PercentagekratedkExcellent:k 2kofk8 2/8k=k.25,kork25%
4k-k2