Problem

(a) Choose a data set and prepare a brief, descriptive report. You may use any computer so...

(a) Choose a data set and prepare a brief, descriptive report. You may use any computer software you wish (e.g., Excel, MegaStat, MINITAB). Include relevant worksheets or graphs in your - report. If some questions do not apply to your data set, explain why not. (b) Sort the data, (c) Make a histogram. Describe its shape, (d) Calculate the mean and median. Are the data skewed? (e) Calculate the standard deviation, (f) Standardize the data and check for outliers, (g) Compare the data with the Empirical Rule. Discuss, (h) Calculate the quartiles and interpret them, (i) Make a box plot. Describe its appearance.

DATA SET A	Advertising Dollars as Percent of Sales in Selected Industries (n = 30)
	Industry	Percent
	Accident and health insurance	0.9
	Apparel and other finished products	5.5
	Beverages	7.4
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	Steel works and blast furnaces	1.9
	Tires and inner tubes	1.8
	Wine, brandy, and spirits	11.3

DATA SET B	Maximum Rate of Climb for Selected Piston Aircraft (n = 54)
	Manufacturer/Model	Year	Climb(ft./min.)
	AMD CH 2000	2000	820
	Beech Baron 58	1984	1,750
	Beech Baron 58P	1984	1,475
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	Sky Arrow 650 TC	1998	750
	Socata TB20 Trinidad	1999	1,200
	Tiger AG-5B	2002	850

DATA SET C	December Heating Degree-Days for Selected U.S. Cities (n = 35)

	City	Degree-Days
	Albuquerque	911
	Baltimore	884
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	Bismarck	1,538
	St. Louis	955
	Washington, D.C.	809
	Wichita	949

DATA SET D	Commercial Bank Profit as Percent of Revenue, 2003
	Bank	Percent
	AmSouth Bancorp	21
	Bank of America Corp.	22
	Bank of New York Co.	18
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	Wachovia Corp.	19
	Wells Fargo	20
	Zions Bancorp	18

DATA SET E	Caffeine Content of Randomly Selected Beverages (n = 32)
	Company/Brand	mg/oz.
	Barq's Root Beer	1.83
	Coca-Cola Classic	2.83
	Cool from Nestea	1.33
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	Snapple Sweet Tea	1.00
	Sunkist Orange Soda	3.42
	Vanilla Coke	2.83

DATA SET F	Super Bowl Scores 1967-2009 (n = 41 games)
	Year	Teams and Scores
	1967	Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10
	1968	Green Bay 33, Oakland 14
	1969	MY Jets 16, Baltimore 7
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	2007	Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17
	2008	NY Giants 17, New England 14
	2009	Pittsburgh 27, Arizona 23

DATA SET G	Property Crimes Per 100,000 Residents (n = 68 cities)
	City and State	Crime
	Albuquerque, NM	8,515
	Anaheim, CA	2,827
	Anchorage, AK	4,370
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	Virginia Beach, VA	3,438
	Washington, DC	6,434
	Wichita, KS	5,733

DATA SET H	Size of Whole Foods Stores (n =171)
	Location (Store Name)	Sq. Ft.
	Albuquerque, NM (Academy)	33,000
	Alexandria, VA (Annandale)	29,811
	Ann Arbor, Ml (Washtenaw)	51,300
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	Winter Park, FL	20,909
	Woodland Hills, CA	28,180
	Wynnewood, PA	14,000