Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321946393
Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 9CRP
The data in UsedCars represent characteristics of cars that are currently part of an inventory of a used car dealership. The variables included are car, year, age, price
You want to describe each of these variables, and you would like to predict the price of the used cars. Analyze the data.
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Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
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