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Assignment 1
STA 217 Statistics for Business and Economics
SUMMER-2013
1.
Listed below is the net sales in $ million for home Depot, Inc. and its subsidiaries
from 1997 to 2006.
Table 1: Net sales of different years
Year
Year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
50,600
67,300
80,800
98,100
124,400
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
156,700
201,400
227,300
256,300
280,900
i)
ii)
2.
Determine the least square equation. On the basis of this information, what
are the estimated sales for 2010?
Plot Net Sales and Trend Line
It appears that the imports of carbon black have been increasing by about 10
percent annually.
Table 2: Amount of Carbon Block imported in different years
Year
Imports of
Carbon
Block
(thousands
of tons)
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
124
175
306
524
714
1052
1996
1638
Year
Imports of
Carbon Block
(thousands of
tons)
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2463
3358
4181
5388
8027
10587
13537
Note: Add last three digits of your ID with imports of Carbon Block
i)
ii)
iii)
3.
1999
2000
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
90
85
56
102
115
89
61
110
165
110
98
248
2001
2002
2003
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
201
142
110
274
251
165
125
305
241
158
132
299
2004
2005
2006
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
i)
ii)
iii)
265
185
142
333
282
175
157
350
290
201
187
400