Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.163ACI
Trend in Iraq War casualties. While the United States was still actively fighting in the Iraq War, a news media outlet produced a graphic showing a dramatic decline in the annual number of American casualties. The number of deaths for the years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 were (approximately) 475, 850, 820, and 130, respectively.
- a. Create a time series plot showing the dramatic decline in the number of American deaths per year.
- b. The graphic was based on data collected through February of 2006. Knowing this fact, why is the time series plot misleading?
- c. What information would you like to have in order to construct a graph that accurately reflects the trend in American casualties from the Iraq War?
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