EBK BUSINESS STATISTICS
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780134462783
Author: STEPHAN
Publisher: PEARSON CUSTOM PUB.(CONSIGNMENT)
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Question
error_outline
This textbook solution is under construction.
Students have asked these similar questions
Morning House is a mail-order firm which carries a wide range of rather expensive art objects for homes and offices. It operate problems would be greatly reduced. Since it takes approximately six weeks to receive 90% of the response to a given campaign, an accurate prediction of total sales made as late as the end of the first week of receiving orders would be useful. The first week’s sales and total sales of the last 12 campaigns of the firm are shown below. Can the first week’s sales be used to predict total sales? First week’s Total Campaign Sales Sales 1 32 167 2 20 91 3 114 560 4 66 335 5 18 70 6 125 650 7 83 401 8 65 320 9 94 470 10 5 15 11 39 210 12 50 265 --------------------------------------------
The amount of income spent on housing is an important component of the cost of living. The total costs of housing for homeowners might include mortgage payments, property taxes, and utility costs (water, heat, electricity). An economist selected a sample of 20 homeowners in New England and then calculated these total housing costs as a percent of monthly income, 5 years ago and now. The information is reported below. Is it reasonable to conclude the percent is less now than 5 years ago?
Homeowner
Five Years Ago
Now
Homeowner
Five Years Ago
Now
1
17
%
10
%
11
35
%
32
%
2
20
39
12
16
32
3
29
37
13
23
21
4
43
27
14
33
12
5
36
12
15
44
40
6
43
41
16
44
42
7
45
24
17
28
22
8
19
26
18
29
19
9
49
28
19
39
35
10
49…
Suppose a group of consumers spend 30% of their disposable income on food, 20% on
clothing, and 50% on rent. If over the course of a year the price of food rises 10%, the price
of clothing drops 5% and rent rises 15%, what is the average price increase experienced by
these consumers?
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, statistics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the reasonableness of total itemized deductions depends on the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Large deductions, which include charity and medical deductions, are more reasonable for taxpayers with large adjusted gross incomes. If a taxpayer claims larger th average itemized deductions for a given level of income, the chances of an IRS audit are increased. Data (in thousands of dollars) on adjusted gross income and the average or reasonable amount of itemized deductions follow. Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 22 Itemized Deductions ($1,000s) 9.6 27 9.6 32 10.1 48 11.1 65 11.5 85 120 19.7 23.5 (a) Develop a scatter diagram for these data with adjusted gross income as the independent variable. 30 25 20 15 • 10 5 Itemized Deductions ($1,000s) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 140 30 25 20 15 10 5. Itemized Deductions ($1,000s) 30 25 20 15 10 • 15 • 10 5- 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 20 40 60 80 100…arrow_forwarda) Genenesis Dispensary is contemplating of opening a new branch in Mwanza. If the medical for medical service is favourable, Genesis could realize a net profit of Tsh.100 million. On the other hand, if the market turn out to be unfavourable, it can end up losing Tsh. 40 million. Of course, Genesis may opt not to persue this option of expanding its operations. In the absence of data from which to base its decision, te best guess for Gensis is equally likely that the dispensary will either be successful or unsuccessful Required: i) Use the decison tree approach, what decison should Genesis Dispensary take b) Market research firm named, Easy Market Access approach Genesis with an offer to undertake a study of Mwanza medical service market at a fee of Tsh. 5 million. Easy Market Access claims that their experience enables them to use Bayes’ Theoremn to make the following statements about different state of the market: ▪ Provide that the study is favourable, the probability of favourable…arrow_forwardA firm that operates a large sales force would like to build a system to monitor the progress of new agents. A key task for agents is to open new accounts. To build the system, the firm has monitored activities of new agents over the past two years. The response of interest is the profit to the firm (in dollars) of contracts sold by agents over their first year. Among the possible explanations of this performance is the number of new accounts developed by the agent during the first three months of work. Formulate the Simple Regression Model with Y given by the natural log of profit from sales and X given by the natural log of number of accounts, and complete parts (a) through (d). Click the icon to view the data table. (a) Locate the most negative residual in the data. Which case is this? The value of the most negative residual is ☐ (Round to three decimal places as needed.) Sales Data. Log of Log of Profit from Number of Early Sales Accounts Commission Early Selling 9.7808 3.0955…arrow_forward
- To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the reasonableness of total itemized deductions depends on the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Large deductions, which include charity and medical deductions, are more reasonable for taxpayers with larg given level of income, the chances of an IRS audit are increased. Data (in thousands of dollars) on adjusted gross income and the average or reasonable amount of itemized deductions follow. Adjusted Gross Income Itemized Deductions ($1,000s) 22 ($1,000) 9.6 27 9.6 32 10.1 48 11.1 65 13.5 85 120 15.7 25.5 (a) Develop a scatter diagram for these data with adjusted gross income as the independent variable. 30 25 20 15 10 5 30 25 20 15 10 5+ 30 25- 20- 15- 10- .. 5- 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 30 25 20 15 10 5- 0 20 40 60 80 100 Adjusted Gross Income ($1,000s) 120 140 G (b) Use the least squares method to…arrow_forwardTotal DVD and Blu-ray disc sales in 2009 were $8.72 billion. For the purposes of this problem, you will combine DVD and Blue-ray disk sales into one category of DVD sales. A study by In-Stat predicted that "physical disc sales will decline by $4.7 billion by 2014," and that "streaming, on the other hand, should grow from its current $2.2 billion to $6.3 billion over the same time period (2009–2014). d. Write an equation that represents the linear model for streaming videos. Let S = the total sales of streaming videos in billions of dollars, and t = the number of years after 2009. e. In what year do the models predict streaming video sales to exceed DVD sales?arrow_forwardTotal DVD and Blu-ray disc sales in 2009 were $8.72 billion. For the purposes of this problem, you will combine DVD and Blue-ray disk sales into one category of DVD sales. A study by In-Stat predicted that "physical disc sales will decline by $4.7 billion by 2014," and that "streaming, on the other hand, should grow from its current $2.2 billion to $6.3 billion over the same time period (2009–2014) a. What is the slope, including units, of the model for DVD sales? Write a statement interpreting the meaning of the slope in the context of the problem. b. Write an equation that represents the linear model for DVD sales. Let D = the sales of DVDs in billions of dollars, and t = the number of years after 2009. c. What is the slope, including units, of the model for streaming videos?arrow_forward
- The table to the right represents the annual percentage of smartphones sold in a certain region in 2011, 2012, and 2013 (projected). a. What conclusions can you reach about the market for smartphones in 2011, 2012, and 2013? b. What differences are there in the market for smartphones in 2011, 2012, and 2013? a. Select all that apply. A. Type 6 had the smallest or close to the smallest percentage of smartphones sold in all three years. B. Type 3 had the second largest percentage of smartphones sold in all three years. C. Type 1 had the largest percentage of smartphones sold in all three years. D. Type 5 had the smallest or close to the smallest percentage of smartphones sold in all three years. E. Type 2 had the second largest percentage of smartphones sold in all three years. Туре Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 2011 44% 21% 21% 10% 1% 3% 2012 69% 16% 4% 6% 3% 2% 2013 63% 17% 1% 3% 13% 3%arrow_forwardA mining company finds that daily lost-work injuries averages to 1.2. If the local union contract has a clause requiring that the mine be shut down as soon as three workers incur lost-work injuries, on what percentage of the days will the mine be operational throughout the day?arrow_forwardQuestion 3 Shoprite is a busy center for residents in East Legon and its surrounding community. Assume that 2 customers arrive every 12 minutes and 3 customers are served every 15 minutes and that currently, there is only one cashier. (i).Determine the average waiting time in minutes before service begins. (ii). Advice the management the proportion of the time that a customer has to wait. (B). Management perceives that the waiting time computed in (ii) above is not acceptable and is faced with two options. Management can either employ an assistant for the cashier or open a second cash machine. The former, if implemented, will enable 4 requests to be served every 15 minutes and the assistant will receive a monthly salary of GH₵160. The latter, if implemented will improve the arrival rate to 1 customer every 12 minutes. However, it requires an initial capital outlay of GH₵3000 and the cashier who will operate the cash machine will receive a monthly salary of GH₵250. The shop…arrow_forward
- A credit card company deals with many hundreds of thousands of transactions everyweek. One of its measures of the quality of service it gives its customers is the dependabilitywith which it mails customers’ monthly accounts. The quality standard it sets itself is thataccounts should be mailed within two days of the ‘nominal post date’ which is specified to thecustomer. Every week the company samples 1,000 customer accounts and records the percentagewhich was not mailed within the standard time. When the process is working normally, only 2per cent of accounts are mailed outside the specified period, that is, 2 per cent are‘defective’Required:Find the control limits and interpret the process conformance.arrow_forwardThe index of leading economic indicators, compiled and published by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research, is composed of 12 time series, such as the average work hours of production in manufacturing, manufacturers’ new orders, and money supply. This index and similar indexes are designed to move up or down before the economy begins to move the same way. Thus, an economist has statistical evidence to forecast future trends.You want to construct a leading indicator for Erie County in upstate New York. The index is to be based on 2000 data. Because of the time and work involved, you decide to use only four time series. As an experiment, you select these four series: unemployment in the county, a composite index of county stock prices, the County Price Index, and retail sales. Here are the figures for 2000 and 2018. The weights you assign are unemployment rate 20%, stock prices 40%, County Price Index 25%, and retail sales 15%. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) a. Using…arrow_forwardQuestion 4(A)A and C mall is a busy centre for residents in East Legon and itssourrounding community. Assume that 2 customers arrive every 12 minutesand 3 customers are served every 15 minutes and that currently, there is onlyone cashier.a) Determine the average waiting time in minutes before service begins. b) Advice the management the proportion of the time that a customer hasto wait. (B). Management perceives that the waiting time computed in (ii) above isnot acceptable and is faced with two options.Management can either employ an assistant for the cashier or open a secondcash machine.The former, if implemented, will enable 4 requests to be served every 15minutes and the assistant will receive a monthly salary of GH₵160. Thelatter, if implemented will improve the arrival rate to 1 customer every 12minutes.However, it requires an initial capital outlay of GH₵3000 and the cashierwho will operate the cash machine will receive a monthly salary of GH₵250.The shop avoids a loss in…arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
MATLAB: An Introduction with ApplicationsStatisticsISBN:9781119256830Author:Amos GilatPublisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Probability and Statistics for Engineering and th...StatisticsISBN:9781305251809Author:Jay L. DevorePublisher:Cengage Learning
Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...StatisticsISBN:9781305504912Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. WallnauPublisher:Cengage Learning
Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...StatisticsISBN:9780134683416Author:Ron Larson, Betsy FarberPublisher:PEARSON
The Basic Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319042578Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. FlignerPublisher:W. H. Freeman
Introduction to the Practice of StatisticsStatisticsISBN:9781319013387Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. CraigPublisher:W. H. Freeman
MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
Statistics
ISBN:9781119256830
Author:Amos Gilat
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Probability and Statistics for Engineering and th...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305251809
Author:Jay L. Devore
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C...
Statistics
ISBN:9781305504912
Author:Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E...
Statistics
ISBN:9780134683416
Author:Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher:PEARSON
The Basic Practice of Statistics
Statistics
ISBN:9781319042578
Author:David S. Moore, William I. Notz, Michael A. Fligner
Publisher:W. H. Freeman
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
Statistics
ISBN:9781319013387
Author:David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. Craig
Publisher:W. H. Freeman
Statistics 4.1 Point Estimators; Author: Dr. Jack L. Jackson II;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MrI0J8XCEE;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Statistics 101: Point Estimators; Author: Brandon Foltz;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v41z3HwLaM;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Central limit theorem; Author: 365 Data Science;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xQmk9veZ4;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
Point Estimate Definition & Example; Author: Prof. Essa;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVwtvQmSn0;License: Standard Youtube License
Point Estimation; Author: Vamsidhar Ambatipudi;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flqhlM2bZWc;License: Standard Youtube License