Essentials Of Business Analytics
Essentials Of Business Analytics
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Author: Camm, Jeff.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 3, Problem 1P

A sales manager is trying to determine appropriate sales performance bonuses for her team this year. The following table contains the data relevant to determining the bonuses, but it is not easy to read and interpret. Reformat the table to improve readability and to help the sales manager make her decisions about bonuses.

Chapter 3, Problem 1P, A sales manager is trying to determine appropriate sales performance bonuses for her team this year.

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Provide reformation for the table to improve readability.

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The table is reformatted as follows:

SalespersonTotal Sales ($)Average Performance Bonus Previous Years ($)Customer AccountsYears with Company
Smith, Michael325,001124,9912414
Yu, Joe13,67824097
Reeves, Bill452,359219,8717521
Hamilton, Joshua87,4247643283
Harper, Derek87,6541,250214
Quinn, Dorothy234,09114,568489
Graves, Lorrie379,40227,98112112
Sun, Yi31,73467371
Thompson, Nicole127,84513,323173

Explanation of Solution

In order to improve readability, the following steps are carried out in the given table:

  • Unnecessary gridlines are deleted.
  • Bold font is removed except for column titles.
  • Text columns are left aligned and numerical columns are right aligned.
  • A comma separator is added to the numerical values that represent the dollar.
  • Unnecessary decimal digits are removed.

Thus, the table is reformatted to improve readability.

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