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The document provides solutions and explanations for 4 tasks related to analyzing customer order data using Excel. It includes instructions to construct pivot tables and charts, calculate summary statistics, create a histogram, and classify variable types. Sample data on customer orders and property prices is provided to complete examples and practice questions on visualizing the data using appropriate charts.

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Tutorial 1 Questions

The document provides solutions and explanations for 4 tasks related to analyzing customer order data using Excel. It includes instructions to construct pivot tables and charts, calculate summary statistics, create a histogram, and classify variable types. Sample data on customer orders and property prices is provided to complete examples and practice questions on visualizing the data using appropriate charts.

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Business Statistics Week 1

TUTORIAL 1 SOLUTIONS
Task 1: Constructing and Interpreting Pivot Tables
Open the Excel file Elecmart.xlsx. This data file provides information on a sample of
400 customer orders during a period of several months for Elecmart (a fictional
company).

In this file, the variable names are listed in Row 1. Place the cursor on a variable name,
e.g., Region, to see its description.

To answer the questions below,

a) Construct a pivot table


b) Draw a chart to visualize the information

Question 1: How many customers shop in the evening time and are female?

Question 2: What is the average amount spent for the most expensive item by a female
shopping in the West region?

TASK 2: Generate Summary Statistics


Generate summary statistics for amount spent using the Data Analysis Toolpak

Summary statistics of Spent (Using Data Anlaysis TookPak)


Mean
Standard Error
Median
Mode
Standard Deviation
Sample Variance
Skewness
Range
Minimum
Maximum
Sum
Count
Business Statistics Week 1

Formulae for manual calculations:


Table1: Summary Statistics for Amount Spent
Mean = AVERAGE(I:I)
Median = MEDIAN(I:I)
Standard Devation = STDEV.S(I:I)
Minimum = MIN(I:I)
Maximum = MAX(I:I)
Range Calculated as max - min
Coefficient of Variation (CV) Calculated as ratio of standard deviation over mean
Lower/First quartile (Q1) = QUARTILE.EXC(I:I,1)
Upper/Third quartile (Q2) = QUARTILE.EXC(I:I,3)
Interquartile range (IQR) Calculated as the difference of the third and first quartiles
Count = COUNT(I:I)

Note:
• When you use QUARTILE.EXC, Excel calculates the quartiles except possible
extreme values. The alternative is QUARTILE.INC which includes extreme values
and sometimes leads to odd values.

• Mean and median are measures of central tendency.

• Interquartile range, Standard deviation, Range and Coefficient of variation are


all measures of variability.

• Coefficient of variation is displayed as a percentage.

TASK 3: Constructing a Histogram


Refer to the worksheet "DATA" in the Excel file Property.xlsx. This worksheet provides
information on the selling price of 100 properties based on number of bedrooms and
location.

Use the Histogram option in your Data Analysis ToolPak to calculate the frequencies
and draw a histogram for the "Selling Price" variable. Edit the chart to optimise the
presentation.

TASK 4: Data Types and Charts


Business Statistics Week 1

Classify each of the following variables as numerical or categorical, discrete or continuous,


ordinal or nominal. Which type of graph is most appropriate, bar charts, pie charts or
histograms to visualise the following variables?

Variable Name Data Type Chart


a) the postcode of suburbs
b) eye colour (brown, blue, etc)
c) number of cars in a car park
d) salary (high, medium, low)
e) salary (in dollars and cents)
f) daily temperature in ◦C
g) shoe size (6, 8, 10, . . .)

FURTHER PRACTICE QUESTIONS


Question 1
To answer the questions below, open the Excel file Elecmart.xlsx. This data file
provides information on a sample of 400 customer orders during a period of several
months for Elecmart (a fictional company).

a) Construct a pivot table


b) Draw a chart to visualize the information
1) How many customers shop in the South region and are male?
2) What is the average amount spent for the most expensive item by a male shopper who is
in the Low category?
3) What is the average spend for a Medium category customer from the South region?
4) How many customers shop in the morning time in the NorthEast region?
5) What is the average spend for a customer from the MidWest region shopping in the
evening?
6) How many female customers are of the Medium category?
7) How many customers who belong to the Low category are from the West region?
8) What is the average spend for a Medium category customer from the South region?

Question 2:
Business Statistics Week 1

Data collected for the following variables is to be displayed graphically. Which type of graph
is most appropriate, bar charts, pie charts or histograms?
a) number of passengers in flights — 100 flights in sample

b) type of petrol purchased (super, unleaded, premium)

c) prices of cars sold in Melbourne over a weekend

d) state of residence of a sample of 200 Australians

e) number of cigarettes smoked in a day (a sample of 120 people)

Question 3:

One hundred and twenty-one university students were asked to identify their preferred leisure
activity. The results are displayed in a bar chart, as shown below.

a) What percentage of students in total nominated either listening to music or reading as


their preferred leisure activity?

b) State the least popular leisure activity for these students and quote the percentage.

c) Based on your answer in (b), how many students rated this activity as their preferred leisure
activity?

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