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Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
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Chapter 1, Problem 13SE
Figure 1.10 provides a bar chart showing the annual revenue for Google from 2004 to 2014. (The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2014).
- a. What is the variable of interest?
- b. Are the data categorical or quantitative?
- c. Are the data time series or cross-sectional?
- d. Comment on the trend in Google revenue over time.
FIGURE 1.10 G OOGLE REVENUE
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