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ng cengage.com Andre KArana table shows a data set containing information for 25

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ng cengage.com Andre KArana table shows a data set containing information for 25 of the shadow stocks tracked by the American Association of Individual Investors. Shadow stocks are common stocks of smaller companies that are not closely folowed by Wall Street analysts. Click on the datafile logo to reference the cata. DATA Excel or Miritab .sers: The a setavalable in the le named Shadow02. An dato sets can be fund on the premium anline website. Market Cap Price/ Earnings Pr Prolit Ticker Exchange Symbel $ millions) Ratio DeWolfe Companies North Coast Energy Hansen Natural Corp AMEX DWL 41.1 14.6 7.2 38.0 33.5 35.8 26.8 18.7 5.9 18.9 20.7 MarineMax, Inc NYSE 20 TeamStaft, Inc AMEX ETC AMEX MSS Tectonics Measurement Specialties SEMCO Energy, Inc. 35.9 37.6 23.6 101.8 1934 97.2 1365 23.2 173.4 Party City Corpoeation Embrex, Inc 59.5 Tech Ops Sevcon, In ARCADIS NV Qiao Xing Universal Tele- 0TC Energy West Incorporated OTC Barnwellndustries, Inc. Innoduta Corporation Sdedical Action Industries OTC Instrumentarium Corp Petroleum Development AMEXTO 22.1 29.1 AMEX BRN 66.1 11.0 26.9 29.6 30.6 MDCI 2409 95.9 Dresler Technology Corp OTC Gerber Chidrenswear Inc. NYSE Gaiam, Ine DRXR 1269 295.5 60.7

Explanation / Answer

a.
There are 6 variables in the dataset.

b.
Exchange - Qualitative
Price/Earnings Ratio - Quantitative
Grodd Profit Margin (%) - Quantitative

c.

AMEX - Frequency = 5 Percent Frequency = 5/25 = 20 %
NYSE - Frequency = 3 Percent Frequency = 3/25 = 12 %
OTC - Frequency = 17 Percent Frequency = 17/25 = 68 %
Total - Frequency = 25 Percent Frequency = 25/25 = 100 %

The correct bar graph is A.

d.

Gross Profit Margin Frequency
0-14.9 2
15-29.9                           6
30-44.9                           8
45-59.9                           6
60-74.9                           3

The correct histogram is A.

e.
Average price/earnings ratio is 20.2
mean of 8.4,6.2,14.6,7.2,38,33.5,35.8,26.8,18.7,15.9,18.9,20.7,8.8,22.1,9.7,7.4,11,26.9,3.6,6.1,45.6,7.9,68.2,20.5,22.9
is 20.2