The following data show the year to date percent change (YTd % Change) for 30 stock market

Question:

The following data show the year to date percent change (YTd % Change) for 30 stock market indexes from around the word (The Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2013).

a. what index has the largest positive YTd % Change?
b. Using a class width of 5 beginning with 220 and going to 40, develop a frequency distribution for the data.
c. Prepare a histogram. Interpret the histogram, including a discussion of the general shape of the histogram.
d. Use The Wall Street Journal or another media source to find the current percent changes for these stock market indexes in the current year. What index has had the largest percent increase? what index has had the smallest percent decrease? Prepare a summary of the data?

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