Dissertation Writers: Data Analytics Problem Set
Data Analytics Problem Set
Instructions
Instructions: |
Week 4 Individual Assignment |
Total Number of Questions – 12 |
1. You have twelve problems – one on each tab of this Excel file. |
2. Please show your work in the cells. Use Excel formulas instead of writing the values/answers directly in the cell. |
The instructor will then know where you made a mistake and provide you valuable feedback and partial credit (if appropriate). |
Question 1
Fifty business students were given a project to complete. The bar graph below shows the number |
of days it took the students to complete the assignment. |
1. How many students took 4 days to complete the assignment? |
2. How many students completed the project in 3 days or less? |
3. What percent of students completed the project in 3 days or less? |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
Question 2
The bar graph below shows the Quarterly Dollar Volume of Batesville Tire Company. |
Refer to the bar graph below and answer the questions. |
1. Which quarter had the highest dollar volume? |
2. What percent of the yearly sales were the sales for October–December? |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
3. What was the percent of increase in sales from the first to the second quarter? |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
Question 3
The line chart below shows data for Automobile Gasoline Mileage Comparisons for |
full-size and compact cars. |
Refer to the chart and answer the questions. |
1. What speed gave the highest gasoline mileage for both types of automobiles? |
2. What speed gave the lowest gasoline mileage for both types of automobiles? |
3. At what speed did the first noticeable decrease in gasoline mileage occur? |
Which car showed this decrease? |
Choose one |
Question 4
The line chart below shows Dale Crosby’s Salary History. |
Refer to this chart and answer the questions. |
1. Calculate the amount and percent of increase in Dale’s salary from 2014 to 2015. |
Amount of increase |
Percentage of increase |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
2. What is the percent of increase in Dale’s salary from 2012 to 2013? |
Percentage of increase |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
3. Calculate the amount and percent of increase in Dale’s salary from 2016 to 2017. |
Amount of increase |
Percentage of increase |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
4. If the cost-of-living increase was 10% from 2011 to 2016, determine if Dale’s |
salary for this period of time kept pace with inflation. |
Hint: For part 4, follow the steps below: |
Step 1: Find the amount of salary increase from 2011 to 2016. |
Step 2: Find the percentage increase from 2011 to 2016. |
Step 3: If the percentage increase from Step 2 is greater than 10% cost-of-living increase, then |
Dale’s salary kept pace with inflation, otherwise no. |
Step 1: Amount of salary increase from 2011 to 2016 |
Step 2: Percentage increase from 2011 to 2016 |
State the answer as a percentage with no decimal. |
Step 3: Did the salary keep pace with inflation? |
(Choose one) |
Question 5
The pie chart below shows the family budget. Refer to the chart and answer the following questions. |
1. What is the total take-home pay? |
2. What percent of the total take-home pay is allocated for transportation? |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
3. What percent of the take-home pay is allocated for food? |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
4. What percent of take-home pay is spent for education? |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
5. What percent of take-home pay is spent for education when education, |
savings, and miscellaneous funds are combined to be used for education? |
Total of education, savings, and miscellaneous funds |
Percentage of take-home pay spent on this combined total |
State the answer as a percentage with one digit after decimal. |
Question 6
The bar chart shows the distribution of tax dollars. Refer to the chart and answer the following questions. |
1. What expenditure is expected to be the same next year as this year? |
2. What two expenditures are expected to increase next year? |
3. What two expenditures are expected to decrease next year? |
4. What expenditure was greatest both years? |
Question 7
The Canmark Research Center Airport Customer Satisfaction Survey uses an online questionnaire to provide airlines and airports with |
customer satisfaction ratings for all aspects of the customers’ flight experience (airportsurvey website, July 2012). After completing a |
flight, customers receive an e-mail asking them to go to the website and rate a variety of factors, including the reservation process, |
the check-in process, luggage policy, cleanliness of gate area, service by flight attendants, food/beverage selection, on-time arrival, |
and so on. A five-point scale, with Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, and Poor, is used to record customer ratings. Assume |
that passengers on a delta Airlines flight from Myrtle beach, South Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia, provided the following ratings for the |
question, “Please rate the airline based on your overall experience with this flight.” The sample ratings are shown below. |
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