1.

Listed below is the net sales in $ million for home depot, Inc and its subsidiaries

from 1997 to 2006.

i) Estimate sale of 2010
Year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

ii) Plotting of net sales and trend line

Net
Sales ($)
50,704
67,404
80,904
98,204
1,24,504
1,56,804
2,01,504
2,27,404
2,56,404
2,81,004

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2. It appears that the imports of carbon black have been increasing but about 10

percent annually.

i) The logarithmic trend

ii) To find the annual rate of increase:

Log b = 0.1406

b = Anti Log (0.1406)

= 1.38

So, the annual rate of increase: GM = b 1

= 1.38 1
= 0.38
= 38%

So, the imports of carbon black increase 38% annually.

iii) Estimate of imports in 2006

Year
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Import
228
279
410
628
818
1156
1742
2567
3462
4285
5492
8131
10691
13641

log (imports)
2.357934847
2.445604203
2.612783857
2.797959644
2.912753304
3.062957834
3.241048151
3.409425869
3.539327064
3.631950826
3.739730529
3.910143961
4.02901833
4.134846209
4.6088

Where,

Intercept, a = 2.2186
X Variable 1, b = 0.1406

So, the log trend equation: is: Log Y'= 2.2186+ 0.1406 (t)

Here, 2.2186 is the point through which the trend line crosses the y-axis. If the time is
increased by 1 year, then the imports of carbon black will be increased by an amount of
$ 0.14 thousands of tons.

3. The quarterly production of pine lumber, in million of board feet by Northwest

lumber since 1998 is:
i) Seasonal index for each quarter

Year
1998

Quarter
Winter

4QTR
Production Total
194

Spring

189
749

Summer

1999

Winter

219

Spring

193

783
791
Summer
Fall
2000

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

2001

Winter

305

Spring

246

1117
1143
Summer

196.75

0.9809

204

0.8088

212.875

1.0053

220.125

1.2220

242

0.8843

263.75

0.7659

272.25

1.2929

277.75

1.0981

282.5

0.8708

292

0.7329

259.25
268.25
276.25
279.25
285.75

214
1193

1.1224

224.75

352
1105

195.125

215.5

202
1073

1.0619

210.25

214
1037

194

197.75

269
899

0.8404

195.75

214
862

190.375

194.5

165
841

Seasonality

193.5

206
778

Centrd Avg

187.25

160
774

Fall

4QTR avg

298.25

Fall

378
1216

2002

Winter
Spring

269

Summer

229

1262
1252
Fall
2003

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

2004

Winter
Spring

289

Summer

246

1341
1358
Fall
2005

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

2006

Winter
Spring

305

Summer

291

Fall

504

1494

0.8391

314.5

0.7504

320.875

1.2559

325.5

1.1336

331

0.8731

337.375

0.7292

338.25

1.2919

338.875

1.1391

342.875

0.8137

346

0.7543

350.25

1.2962

357.25

1.1029

367.25

0.8305

337
340.75
345
347
353.5

394
1444

312.25

339.5

454
1414

1.1053

335.25

261
1388

312.125

326.75

279
1380

1.3104

324.25

386
1363

312.125

317.5

437
1348

0.7287

311.5

369
1307

314.25

313

403
1297

0.8632

311.25

236
1270

311.625

313

262
1246

1.1606

315.5

345
1252

305.875
307.75

409
1245

1.2553

304

355
1231

301.125

361
373.5

Table - 4

0.9809
0.8843
0.8708
0.8632

Summe
r
0.8404
0.8088
0.7659
0.7329
0.7287

Fall
1.0619
1.0053
1.2929
1.2553
1.3104

0.8391
0.8731
0.8137
0.8305
6.9556
0.869
0.8529
47

0.7504
0.7292
0.7543
0
6.1106
0.764
0.7493
27

1.2559
1.2919
1.2962
0
9.7698
1.221
1.1980
43

Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002

Winter

Spring

1.1224
1.2220
1.0981
1.1606

2003
2004
2005
2006
Total
Mean
Adjusted
Mean

1.1053
1.1336
1.1391
1.1029
9.0840
1.223
1.1996
82

CF=0.981014
017

4.077
4

ii) Plotting of the original data and Deseasonalized data-

Production
194
189
160
206
219
193
165
214
269
214
202
352
305
246
214

Index
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327

Codes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Deseasonalized
Index
161.71
221.58
213.52
171.95
182.55
226.27
220.20
178.62
224.23
250.89
269.58
293.81
254.23
288.41
285.59

378
355
269
229
409
345
262
236
403
369
289
246
437
386
279
261
454
394
305
291
504

1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043
1.199682
0.852947
0.749327
1.198043

16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36

315.51
295.91
315.38
305.61
341.39
287.58
307.17
314.95
336.38
307.58
338.83
328.29
364.76
321.75
327.10
348.31
378.95
328.42
357.58
388.35
420.69

Comments: Here, the plot which shows the original data and the deseasonalized data.

Graph: production and deseasonalize data

Graph: Code & deseasonalize data

Answer to the Question no.4

1. First enter the Wage and wage earners data into SPSS and then select a sample
of size, n=50
i)

Select an appropriate class interval and organize the selling price into a
frequency distribution.
Descriptive Statistics

Selling price
Valid
(listwise)

Minimum

Maximum

50

1488.9

3548.30

50

Maximum (H) = 3548.30

Minimum (L) = 1488.9

Select an appropriate class interval:

2k= rule to decide the way of class
The sample size n= 50
So, 26= 64
Hence, k= 6
Class Interval (i) =

H-L
K

3548.30 - 1488.9
6

=343.2333
We will take class interval (i) as 500.

Selling Price
2.5

2.0

1.5

Frequency

1.0

.5

0.0
1488.90 1828.60 1978.30 2158.00 2258.80 2402.00 2638.30 3018.40
1803.00 1905.00 2078.30 2188.30 2318.10 2558.10 2758.60 3368.20

Selling Price

Graph: Selling Price frequency distribution

ii) Compute the mean, median, mode, standard deviation, variance, quartiles, 9 th
deciles, 10th percentiles and range of selling price from the raw data of your
sample.
Statistics
Selling Price
N

Valid
Missing

Mean
Median
Mode
Std.
Deviation
Variance
Skewness
Std. Error of
Skewness
Range
Percentiles

50
0
2422.8520
2312.6500
2292.30
465.5080
216697.731
9
.711
.337

10
25
50
75

2059.40
1907.4000
2077.4000
2312.6500
2688.0500

iii) Histogram for the variable class interval

class Interval
30

20

Frequency

10

Std. Dev = 1.10

Mean = 2.8
N = 49.00

0
1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

class Interval

iv) Pie chart for the variable Township

Statistics
Township
N

Valid
Missing

Mean
Median
Mode
Std. Deviation

50
0
2.94
3.00
4
1.33

Variance
Range
Percentiles

10

1.77
4
1.00

25
50
75

2.00
3.00
4.00

Township
Frequency

Percent

Gulshan

10

20.0

20.0

20.0

Uttara

18.0

18.0

38.0

DOHS

11

22.0

22.0

60.0

Dhanmondi

14

28.0

28.0

88.0

Banani

12.0

12.0

100.0

Total

50

100.0

100.0

Valid

Valid Cumulative
Percent
Percent

Township

Banani
Gulshan

Dhanmondi
Uttara

DOHS

Graph: pie chart for the variable Township

Interpretation: From the above pie chart, Dhanmondi shows the highest township
(28%) and Banani contains the lowest township (6%).

Bar diagram for the variable Township

Statistics

Township
N

Valid
Missing

50
0
2.94
3.00
4
1.33

Mean
Median
Mode
Std.
Deviation
Variance
Range
Percentile
s

10

1.77
4
1.00

25
50
75

2.00
3.00
4.00

Township

Valid Gulshan
Uttara
DOHS
Dhanmo
ndi
Banani
Total

Frequen Percent
Valid Cumulati
cy
Percent
ve
Percent
10
20.0
20.0
20.0
9
18.0
18.0
38.0
11
22.0
22.0
60.0
14
28.0
28.0
88.0
6
50

12.0
100.0

12.0
100.0

100.0

Township
16
14
12
10
8

Frequency

6
4
2
0
Gulshan

Uttara

DOHS

Dhanmondi

Banani

Township

Graph: Bar chart for the variable Township

Interpretation: In this Bar diagram of township by using question a, we found that

there are 10 homes in Gulsan, 9 in Uttara, 11 in DOHS, 14 in Dhanmondi and 6 in
Banani for sale.

v) Develop a Box plot for the variable Distance. What

information can you give from the plot?

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid
Missing
N Percent
N Percent
Distanc
50 100.0%
0
.0%
e from
the
centre of
the city

Total
N Percent
50 100.0%

30

20

10

0
N=

50

Distance from the ce

Graph: Box plot for the variable Distance

Answer to the Question no.5

For the variable Selling Price

i) Determine the coefficient of skewness. Is the distribution positively or

negatively skewed?

Statistics
Selling Price
N
Skewness

Valid
Missing

50
0
.693

Std. Error
of
Skewness

.337

Comment: As the value of the coefficient of skewness is .693 which is a positive one so we can
say that it is a distribution which is positively skewed. We can also say it a moderate positive
skewed distribution.
ii)

Develop a Box plot. Are there any outliers?

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid
N
Percent
Selling
50
100.0%
Price

Missing
N
0

Percent
.0%

4000

3000

2000

1000
N=

50

Selling Price

Graph: Box plot for variable Selling price

Total
N
50

Percent
100.0%