APPLIED STAT.IN BUS.+ECONOMICS
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Author: DOANE
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 2SE
Give an example of how statistics might be useful lo the person in the scenario.
- a. A personnel executive is examining job turnover by gender in different restaurants in a fast-food chain.
- b. An intranet manager is studying e-mail usage rates by employees in different job classifications.
- c. A retirement planner is studying mutual fund performance for six different types of asset portfolios.
- d. A hospital administrator is studying surgery scheduling to improve facility utilization rates at different times of day.
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APPLIED STAT.IN BUS.+ECONOMICS
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