Business Stats 2 for USF St Pete Stat II Class QMB3200
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ISBN: 9781285884097
Author: Anderson
Publisher: Cengage Custom
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Chapter 1, Problem 13SE
Figure 1.8 provides a bar chart showing the amount of federal spending for the years 2004 to 2010 (Congressional Budget Office website, May 15, 2011).
- 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 federal spending over time.
FIGURE 1.8 FEDERAL SPENDING
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