Business Analytics
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780135231678
Author: Evans, James R. (james Robert)
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 1, Problem 3PEA
A new graduate has taken a job with an annual salary of $60,000. She expects her salary to go up by 2.5% each year for the first five years. Her starting salary is stored in cell A4 of an Excel worksheet, and the salary increase rate is stored in cell B4. Construct a table with years 1 through 5 in cells A6:A10 and her salary in cells B6:B10. Write the formula for her salary in year 2 (in cell B7) that can be copied and pasted correctly in cells B8 through B10.
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Business Analytics
Ch. 1 - Explain why analytics is important in todays...Ch. 1 - Define business analytics.Ch. 1 - State three examples of how business analytics is...Ch. 1 - What are the key benefits of using business...Ch. 1 - What challenges do organizations face in using...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2.1CYUCh. 1 - How do statistical methods enhance business...Ch. 1 - What is operations research/management science?Ch. 1 - How does modern business analytics integrate...Ch. 1 - What are the components of a decision support...
Ch. 1 - Define prescriptive analytics and provide two...Ch. 1 - Define prescriptive analytics and provide two...Ch. 1 - Define prescriptive analytics and provide two...Ch. 1 - State three examples of how data are used in...Ch. 1 - How are data obtained from the Web used in...Ch. 1 - Define big data and list the four characteristics...Ch. 1 - Explain the concepts of data reliability and...Ch. 1 - Define a model and state three common forms of a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 5.2CYUCh. 1 - Prob. 5.3CYUCh. 1 - Define optimization and the characteristics of...Ch. 1 - Explain the importance of assumptions in building...Ch. 1 - What is the difference between uncertainty and...Ch. 1 - List the major phases of problem solving and...Ch. 1 - What lessons did Hewlett-Packard learn about using...Ch. 1 - For each of the following scenarios, state whether...Ch. 1 - Suppose that a manufacturer can produce a part for...Ch. 1 - Use the model developed in Example 1.5 to predict...Ch. 1 - A bank developed a model for predicting the...Ch. 1 - Four key marketing decision options are price (P),...Ch. 1 - Total marketing effort is a term used to describe...Ch. 1 - A manufacturer of headphones is preparing to set...Ch. 1 - PERFORMANCE LAWN EQUIPMENT In each chapter of this...Ch. 1 - Develop a spreadsheet for computing the demand for...Ch. 1 - The Excel file Science and Engineering Jobs shows...Ch. 1 - A new graduate has taken a job with an annual...Ch. 1 - Example 1.2 in the chapter described a scenario...Ch. 1 - Return on investment (ROI) is profit divided by...Ch. 1 - In the Accounting Professionals database, use...Ch. 1 - Prob. 7PEACh. 1 - Prob. 8PEACh. 1 - The worksheet Base Data in the Excel file Credit...Ch. 1 - The Excel file Store and Regional Sales Database...Ch. 1 - Define range names for all the data and model...Ch. 1 - Define range names for all the entities in the...Ch. 1 - Define range names for all the entities in the...
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