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Problem 1DP

Business and Finance Use the data collected in data project 1 of Chapter 2 regarding earnings per share to complete this problem. Use the mean and standard deviation computed in data project 1 of Chapter 3 as estimates for the population parameters. What value separates the top 5% of stocks from the others?

REFERENCE QUESTION

        Consider the 30 stocks listed as the Dow Jones Industrials. For each, find their earnings per share. Randomly select 30 stocks traded on the NASDAQ. For each, find their earnings per share. Create a frequency table with 5 categories for each data set. Sketch a histogram for each. How do the two data sets compare?

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QUESTION:

Problem 1DP

Business and Finance Use the data collected in data project 1 of Chapter 2 regarding earnings per share to complete this problem. Use the mean and standard deviation computed in data project 1 of Chapter 3 as estimates for the population parameters. What value separates the top 5% of stocks from the others?

REFERENCE QUESTION

        Consider the 30 stocks listed as the Dow Jones Industrials. For each, find their earnings per share. Randomly select 30 stocks traded on the NASDAQ. For each, find their earnings per share. Create a frequency table with 5 categories for each data set. Sketch a histogram for each. How do the two data sets compare?

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Given that,

The data showing the earnings per share of n = 30 companies is:

Company Name

EPS

3M

5.95

ALCOA

0.53

American Express

4.09

AT&T

0.66

Bank of

-0.03

Boeing

5.32

Caterpillar

7.4

Chevron

13.44

Cisco Systems

1.28

Coca-Cola

3.69

Disney

2.64

DuPont

3.68

Exxon Mobil

8.42

General Electric

1.23

Hewlett Packard

3.27

Home Depot

2.33

IBM

13.08

Intel

2.4

Johnson & Johnson

3.48

JP Morgan Chase

4.47

Kraft Foods

1.83

McDonalds

5.27

Merck

2.03

Microsoft

2.76

Pfizer

1.09

Procter & Gamble

3.4

Travelers

3.35

United Technologies

5.5

Verizon Communications

0.85

Wal Mart

4.44

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