Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 3, Problem 2CP

a.

To determine

Find the descriptive statistics for each of the four variables along with a discussion of the descriptive statistics to tell about the motion pictures industry.

b.

To determine

Find the motion pictures that should be considered high-performance outliers.

c.

To determine

Find the descriptive statistics that shows the relationship between total gross sales and each of the other variables.

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Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics

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