BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS-STUD.SOLN.MAN
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ISBN: 9780134685045
Author: BERENSON
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 57PS
The Super Bowl is a big viewing
a. Construct a time series plot.
b. What pattern, if any, is present in the number of ads that ran between the opening kickoff and the final whistle?
c. What pattern, if any, is present in the total elapsed run time (in minutes) of the commercials for the 2016 to 2015 seasons?
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