Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition
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Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, David F. Stephan, Kathryn Szabat
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Chapter 1, Problem 47PS
Results of a 2017 Computer Services, Inc (CSI) survey of a sample of 163 bank executive reveal insights on banking priorities among financial institutions (goo.gl/mniYMM). As financial institutions a begin planning for a new year, of utmost importance is boosting profitability and identifying growth areas.
The results show that 55% of bank institutions note customer experience institutions note customer experience initiatives as an area in which spending is expected to increase implementing a customer relationship management (CRM) solution was ranked as the top most important omnichannel strategy to pursue with 41% of institutions citing digital banking enhancements as the greatest anticipated strategy to enhance the customer experience.
a. Describe the population of interest.
b. Describe the sample that was collected.
c. Describe the parameter of interest.
d. Describe the statistic used to estimate the parameter in (c).
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