Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (with XLSTAT Education Edition Printed Access Card) (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 35E
The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Economy Guide provides fuel efficiency data for cars and trucks (Fuel Economy website, September 8. 2012). A portion of the data for 149 compact, midsize, and large cars is shown in Table 2.13. The data set contains the following variables:
The complete data set is contained in the DATA file named FuelData2012.
- a. Prepare a crosstabulation of the data on Size (rows) and Hwy MPG (columns). Use classes of 15–19, 20-24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, and 40–44 for Hwy MPG.
- b. Comment on the relationship between Size and Hwy MPG.
- c. Prepare a crosstabulation of the data on Drive (rows) and City MPG (columns) Use classes of 10–14, 15–19, 20–24, 25–29, 30–34, and 35–39, and 40–4 for City MPG.
- d. Comment on the relationship between Drive and City MPG.
- e. Prepare a crosstabulation of the data on Fuel Type (rows) and City MPG (columns). Use classes of 10–14, 15–19, 20–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39. And 40–44 for City MPG.
- f. Comment on the relationship between Fuel Type and City MPG.
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