1 Class Exercises Data

Data Set: Pelican Stores (1.3 PelicanStores – Truncated)

Part A: Data
1. Distinguish between Variables and Observations
2. What type of measurement scale is used for each variable
3. Which variables are Quantitative and which are Categorical
Part B: Tabular & Graphical Displays of Categorical Data – Mode of Payment
1. Develop a table that displays frequency, relative frequency, percent frequency
2. Develop the pie chart and bar chart
Part C: Tabular & Graphical Displays of Quantitative Data – Net Sales
1. Develop a table that displays frequency, relative frequency, percent frequency,
cumulative frequency and cumulative relative frequency
2. Develop the histogram
Part D: Measures of Location – Net Sales
1. Compute the mean, mode, median
2. Compute the 25th percentile, 50th percentile, 75th percentile
3. Compute Q1, Q2, and Q3
4. Compute Maximum and Minimum
5. Comment on the possible shape of the histogram based on these computations
Part E: Measures of Variability – Net Sales
1. Compute Range, IQR, Variance, Standard deviation of Net Sales
Part F: Detecting Outliers – Net Sales
1. Comment on outliers using the z-Scores.
2. Use Chebychev’s Theorem with k = 2 and 3. Does the data conform?
3. Why is the Empirical Rule not applicable?
4. Use IQR to detect outliers
5. Provide the five-number summary
6. Draw the box plot for Net Sales
7. Comment on the possible shape of the histogram based on Q1, Q2, Q3.
Part G: Association between Two Variables
1. Compute the covariance and correlation coefficient – Net Sales Against Age
2. Draw the scatter plot – Net Sales Against Age
3. Comment on the association using your results in G.1 and G.2
4. Develop a cross tabulation of Customer Type and Customer Feedback Store.