QNT 561 Week 1 Assignment Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Instructions (Financial Data)

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QNT 561 Week 1 Assignment Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Instructions (Financial Data) Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment to orient students to the key concepts in statistics. This assignment will introduce students to the language of statistics. Students will also get a chance to warm-up on evaluating some basic descriptive statistics using Excel® prior to the course start. Assignment Steps This assignment has an Excel dataset spreadsheet attached. Resource: Microsoft Excel, Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set Download the Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set. Choose: · Financial Answer each of the following in a total of 90 words: · For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or quantitative. · Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column. · For each column containing quantitative data: · Evaluate the mean and median · Interpret the mean and median in plain non-technical terms · Use the Excel =AVERAGE function to find the mean · Use the Excel =MEDIAN function to find the median · For each column containing quantitative data: · Evaluate the standard deviation and range · Interpret the standard deviation and range in plain non-technical terms · Use the Excel =STDEV.S function to find the standard deviation · For range (maximum value minus the minimum value), find the maximum value using the Excel =MAX function and find the minimum value using the Excel's =MIN function Company Type Total Revenues AFLAC

6

7251

Albertson's

4

14690

Allstate

6

20106

Amerada Hess

7

8340

American General

6

3362

American Stores

4

19139

Amoco

7

36287

Arco Chemical

2

3995

Ashland

7

14319


Atlantic Richfield

7

19272

Bausch & Lomb

5

1916

Baxter International

5

6138

Bristol-Myers Squibb

5

16701

Burlington Coat

1

1777

Central Maine Power

3

954

Chevron

7

41950

CIGNA

6

14935

Cinergy

3

4353

Dayton Hudson

1

27757

Dillard's

1

6817

Dominion Resources

3

7678

Dow Chemical

2

20018

DPL

3

1356

E. I. DuPont DeNemours

2

46653

Eastman Chemical

2

4678

Edison International

3

9235

Engelhard

2

3631

Entergy

3

9562

Equitable

6

9666


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