ESSEN OF MOD BUS STAT(LL) W/MIND TAP
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Chapter 1, Problem 14SE
The following data show the number of rental cars in service for three rental car companies: Hertz, Avis, and Dollar, over a four-year period.
a. Construct a time series graph for the years 1 to 4 showing the number of rental cars in service for each company. Show the time series for all three companies on the same graph.
b. Comment on who appears to be the market share leader and how the market shares are changing over time.
c. Construct a bar chart showing rental cars in service for Year 4. Is this chart based on cross-sectional or time series data?
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Here are the numbers of robberies in New York City, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD), for 2000 through 2017. Display these data in a graph.
Year:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Count:
32,562
28,202
27,229
25,989
24,373
Year:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Count:
24,722
23,739
21,809
22,401
18,601
Year:
2010
2011
2012
2013
Count:
19,486
19,717
20,144
19,128
Year:
2014
2015
2016
2017
Count:
16,539
16,931
15,500
13,956
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