1. Monthly and year-to-date truck sales are available at the website: http://www.pickuptruck.com . Go to this site and under Features click on News to obtain the most recent information. Make a pie chart or a bar chart showing the most recent information. What is the best selling truck? What are the four or five best selling trucks? What is their market share? You may wish to group some of the trucks into a category called "Other" to get a better picture of market share. Comment on your findings.
2. Go to an employment website such as http://www.salary.com . Select Job Category and a Geographic Region. For example, you might select Banking as the job category and Orlando, Florida, as the location. Make a stem-and-leaf display of the salaries offered for the various jobs. To make valid comparisons convert all wages to a yearly basis (assume 40 hours per week and 50 weeks in a year). Where a range is given for salaries, use the center of the range. Then write a brief summary describing the typical salary and the shape of the distribution. |