EBK STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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ISBN: 8220101456380
Author: Anderson
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 1, Problem 13SE
Figure 1.7 provides a bar chart showing the annual revenue for Google from 2004 to 2014. (The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2014).
- a. What is the variable of interest?
- b. Arc the data categorical or quantitative?
- c. Arc the data time series or cross-sectional?
- d. Comment on the trend in Google revenue over time.
FIGURE 1.7 GOOGLE REVENUE
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