Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.2, Problem 2.26ACI
Most valuable NFL teams. Each year Forbes reports on the value of all teams in the National Football League. Although Spain's soccer team, Real Madrid, is the most valuable team in the world ($3.3 billion), all 32 NFL teams are now worth at least $1 billion. For 2015, Forbes reports that the Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable team in the NFL, worth $4 billion. The current values of all 32 NFL teams, as well as the percentage changes in values from 2014 to 2015, debt-to-value ratios, annual revenues, and operating incomes, are listed in the first table below.
- a. Use a graph to describe the distribution of current values for the 32 NFL teams.
- b. Use a graph to describe the distribution of the 1-year change in current value for the 32 NFL teams.
- c. Use a graph to describe the distribution of debt-to-value ratios for the 32 NFL teams.
- d. Use a graph to describe the distribution of the annual revenues for the 32 NFL teams.
- e. Use a graph to describe the distribution of operating incomes for the 32 NFL teams.
- f. Compare and contrast the graphs, parts a-e.
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