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Chapter 2.1, Problem 11E
Recording Industry Statistics. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reports annual statistics on shipments and revenues. For the year 2012, RIAA reported the following data on physical shipments. [SOURCE: Year-End Industry Shipment and Revenue Statistics. Published by RIAA, © 2012.]
| Product | Units shipped (millions) | Retail dollar value ($millions) |
| CD | 210.9 | 2532.0 |
| CD single | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| LP/EP | 7.1 | 162.6 |
| Vinyl single | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| Music video | 6.2 | 118.2 |
| DVD audio | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| SA CD | 0.1 | 1.3 |
Identify the type of data provided by the information in each of the following columns of the table:
- a. first
- b. second
- c. third
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