Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 2.45ACB
Performance-based logistics. Refer to the Journal of Business Logistics (Vol. 36, 2015) study of the factors that lead to successful performance-based logistics (PBL) projects , Exercise 1.15 (p. 25). Recall that opinions of a sample of 17 Department of Defense employees and suppliers were solicited during interviews. Demographics (current position, organization type, experience) were recorded for each interviewee and the data listed in the table below.
- a. Find and interpret the mean years of experience for the 17 interviewees.
- b. Find and interpret the median years of experience for the 17 interviewees.
- c. Find and interpret the
mode of the 17 years of experience values.
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