Questions from Business Statistics


Q: Give a specific example of data that might be gathered from each

Give a specific example of data that might be gathered from each of the following business disciplines: accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, information systems, production, and management...

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Q: Kraft Foods successfully introduced DiGiorno Pizza into the marketplace in 1996,

Kraft Foods successfully introduced DiGiorno Pizza into the marketplace in 1996, with first-year sales of $120 million, followed by $200 million in sales in 1997. It was neither luck nor coincidence t...

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Q: The Airports Council International—North America (ACI) publishes data

The Airports Council International—North America (ACI) publishes data on the busiest airports in the world. Shown below is a Minitab-produced histogram constructed from ACI data on t...

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Q: Study the Minitab-produced dot plot of the number of farms

Study the Minitab-produced dot plot of the number of farms per state in the United States shown below. Comment on any observations that you make from the graph. What does this graph tell you about the...

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Q: A full-service car wash has an automated exterior conveyor car

A full-service car wash has an automated exterior conveyor car wash system that does the initial cleaning in a few minutes. However, once the car is through the system, car wash workers hand clean the...

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Q: A hundred or so boats go fishing every year for three or

A hundred or so boats go fishing every year for three or four weeks off of the Bering Strait for Alaskan king crabs. To catch these king crabs, large pots are baited and left on the sea bottom, often...

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Q: Shown here is a list published by Electronics Weekly.com of

Shown here is a list published by Electronics Weekly.com of the top five semiconductor companies in the United States by revenue ($ billions). Firm ____________ Revenue ($ billions) Intel Corporation...

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Q: According to Bureau of Transportation statistics, the largest five U.

According to Bureau of Transportation statistics, the largest five U.S. airlines in scheduled system-wide (domestic and international) enplanements in 2017 (passenger numbers in millions) were: Southw...

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Q: The following list shows the top six pharmaceutical companies in the United

The following list shows the top six pharmaceutical companies in the United States by revenue ($ billions) for a recent year as published by Forbes. Use this information to construct a pie chart and a...

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Q: How do various currencies around the world stack up to the U

How do various currencies around the world stack up to the U.S. dollar? Shown below is a bar chart of the value of the currency of various countries in U.S. dollars as of November 2018. The currencies...

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