Datacrackers, Inc., generated preliminary data from a clients process as found in Prob04-05 in spreadsheet Ch04Data.xlsx on

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Datacrackers, Inc., generated preliminary data from a client’s process as found in Prob04-05 in spreadsheet Ch04Data.xlsx on the Student Companion Site.
a. Apply the Excel Descriptive Statistics tool to compute the mean, standard deviation, and other relevant statistics, and interpret the results in a meaningful fashion.
b. Use the Frequency Distribution and Histogram Excel template to construct a frequency distribution and histogram for the data. From what type of distribution might you suspect the data are drawn? Experiment with the number of cells to create a visually appealing histogram and use the Excel Histogram tool to verify the results. Interpret your results from parts a. and b. for managerial purposes




















Datacrackers, Inc.




































Note: The Histogram macro and the Descriptive Statistics macro have been used to develop this solution. 












They can be loaded into the Data menu during standard setup of Excel.














If available, they will show up as the Data Analysis label on the Data menu.






















































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DATA






































11.7

Upper Cell
Cumulat.


Original Data set






21.7

BoundariesFrequenciesFreq. Cumulative %











31.9
Cell 11.5000.01

38.138.538.337.338.439.238.938.739.038.6
41.9
Cell 22.0550.04

38.138.538.437.638.439.238.938.739.038.6
52.0
Cell 32.59140.12

38.238.538.437.738.439.338.938.739.138.7
62.3
Cell 43.09230.38

38.238.538.437.838.439.338.938.739.138.7
72.4
Cell 53.520430.67

38.338.638.437.938.439.338.938.739.138.7
82.4
Cell 64.031740.82

38.338.638.437.938.439.439.038.739.138.7
92.4
Cell 74.514880.95

38.338.638.437.938.439.439.038.739.138.7
102.5
Cell 85.011990.99

38.338.638.438.138.439.539.038.839.138.7
112.5
Cell 95.511001

38.338.638.438.138.539.639.038.839.238.7
122.5







38.338.638.438.138.539.939.038.839.238.7
132.5

















142.5

Descriptive Statistics













152.6

















162.6

Mean3.5910













172.7

Standard Error0.0809













182.8

Median3.6500













192.8

Mode3.6000













202.9

Standard Deviation0.8088













213.0

Sample Variance0.6542













223.0

Kurtosis-0.2919













233.0

Skewness-0.2404













243.1

Range3.6000













253.1

Minimum1.7000













263.1

Maximum5.3000













273.1

Sum359.1000













283.2

Count100.0000





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