Assignment Analysis #2 MGT 5006

1. Page 36, Point no 1

2.1 A categorical variable has three categories, with the following frequencies of

occurrence:

a. Compute the percentage of values in each category.

b. What conclusions can you reach concerning the categories?

Solution: a. The answer is correct and same.

b. The answer is correct, the way to write an answer however is different but the solution is correct.

2. Page 37, Point no 10

2.10 Do social recommendations increase ad effectiveness? A study of online video viewers

compared viewers who arrived at an advertising video for a particular brand by following a

social media recommendation link to viewers who arrived at the same video by web

browsing. Data were collected on whether the viewer could correctly recall the brand being

advertised after seeing the video. The results were:

What do these results tell you about social recommendations?

Solution: The answer is correct and same as of the instructor. I have also conveyed the same solution

and the table solved is also correct.

3. Page 45, Point no 14

2.14 Data were collected on the Facebook website about the most “liked” fast-food

brands. The data values (the number of “likes” for each fast-food brand) for the brands

named ranged from 1.0 million to 29.2 million.

a. If these values are grouped into six class intervals, indicate the class boundaries.

b. What class interval width did you choose?

c. What are the six class midpoints?

Solution: a. The solution to the answer is correct, I have tried to use a more elaborative form in terms

of points.

b. The answer is correct and same, this was a practical question so words also do not differ from the

solution.

c. The answer is correct and same, this was a practical question so words also do not differ from the

solution.

4. Page 46, Point no 23

2.23 The file Drink contains the following data for the amount of soft drink (in liters) in a

sample of fifty 2-liter bottles:

a. Construct a cumulative percentage distribution.

b. On the basis of the results of (a), does the amount of soft drink filled in the bottles

concentrate around specific values?

 Solution. a. The answer is correct in some terms but I have used the histogram to show a

cumulative percentage distribution, however the instructor has used a Polygon. I assumed that a

histogram will me much more descriptive in terms to present the data. The instructor has also

shown the table and this I missed. I solved the data on an excel sheet and prepared a histogram. I

will take care in future to show the workings also.

b. The answer is correct, I have also presented the same solution. The difference comes because the
instructor has also elaborated his views on the solution. I will also take care of in future assignments.

5. Page 52, Point no 28

2.28 The following table indicates the percentage of residential electricity consumption

in the United States, in a recent year organized by type of use.

a. Construct a bar chart, a pie chart, and a Pareto chart.

b. Which graphical method do you think is best for portraying these data?

c. What conclusions can you reach concerning residential electricity consumption in

the United States?

Solution.

a. The answer is correct and same as of the instructor.

b. The answer is correct, the instructor has presented the importance of each chart then chose the

best one however I tried to write a pointed answer.

c. The answer is correct, the instructor is more elaborative in terms of explaining the answer. I

tried to be more precise in writing the words.

6. Page 59, Point no 47

2.47 The data stored in Drink represents the amount of soft drink in a sample of fifty 2-liter

bottles. a. Construct a histogram and a percentage polygon.

b. Construct a cumulative percentage polygon.

c. On the basis of the results in (a) and (b), does the amount of soft drink filled in the bottles

concentrate around specific values?

Solution.

a. The answer is correct, as it was a practical one so no terms of words.

The polygon is however different.

b. The answer is correct, the polygon is different but has been prepared from the same. Data.

c. The answer is incorrect, but the range is same. The instructor has used the range from 2.00 to 2.10

how ever I used 1.95 to 2.2 Litres.

7. Page 62, Point no 51.

2.51 Data were collected on the typical cost of dining at American-cuisine restaurants within a 1-

mile walking distance of a hotel located in a large city. The file Bundle contains the typical cost

(a per transaction cost in $) as well as a Bundle score, a measure of overall popularity and

customer loyalty, for each of 40 selected restaurants.

a. Construct a scatter plot with Bundle score on the X axis and typical cost on the Y axis.
b. What conclusions can you reach about the relationship between Bundle score and typical

cost?

Solution: a. The answer is correct, I have used a different type of Scatter plot as compared to

the instructor. The solution is same however.

b. The answer is correct, the instructor has been more elaborative in terms of explaining his answer. I

will take care of this in future.