ods 39.61 34.66 Dupont 54.50 43.88 Consolidated Edison 61.12 60.73 Johnson & Johnson 67.46 64.08 Union Pacific 109.1

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Company End of 1st Quarter Beginning of Year
Bank of New York 25.13 18.51
Kraft Foods 39.61 34.66
Dupont 54.50 43.88
Consolidated Edison 61.12 60.73
Johnson & Johnson 67.46 64.08
Union Pacific 109.18 103.94
Comcast 32.51 22.41
Applied Materials 13.55 9.61
Pfiser 44.81 39.22
General Electric 22.47 16.21
AT&T 32.43 28.84
Cisco Systems 22.25 16.18
Home Depot 51.41 39.24
JP Morgan Chase 48.38 31.55
Procter & Gamble 69.51 65.21
Verizon 40.53 38.92
Devon Energy 72.82 59.60
Lilly 41.47 39.86
Microsoft 34.56 23.76
Coco Cola 75.91 68.87
Qualcomm 70.26 53.00
Exxon Mobil 89.53 82.56
Pacific Gas & Electric 24.25 19.14
Oracle Systems 31.06 23.08
Chevron 109.51 104.60
 
The price per share of stock for a sample of 25 companies was recorded at the beginning of 2012 and then again at the end of the 1st quarter
of 2012. How stocks perform during the 1st quarter is an indicator of what is ahead for the stock market and the economy. The sample data
are provided in the Excel Online file below. Construct a spreadsheet to answer the following questions.
X
Open spreadsheet
a. Let
di denote the change in price per share for company i where
d;
1st quarter of 2012 price per share minus the beginning of 2012 price per share. Use the sample mean of these values to estimate the
dollar amount a share of stock has changed during the 1st quarter
$ 7.06
(to 2 decimals)
b. What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean change in the price per share of stock during the first quarter?
Interpret this result.
Standard deviation (to 2 decimals): .04
Confidence interval (to 2 decimals): ( 1.67
29.35
The mean price per share has increase between
% and
% over the three-month period (to 1 decimal).
Transcribed Image Text:The price per share of stock for a sample of 25 companies was recorded at the beginning of 2012 and then again at the end of the 1st quarter of 2012. How stocks perform during the 1st quarter is an indicator of what is ahead for the stock market and the economy. The sample data are provided in the Excel Online file below. Construct a spreadsheet to answer the following questions. X Open spreadsheet a. Let di denote the change in price per share for company i where d; 1st quarter of 2012 price per share minus the beginning of 2012 price per share. Use the sample mean of these values to estimate the dollar amount a share of stock has changed during the 1st quarter $ 7.06 (to 2 decimals) b. What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean change in the price per share of stock during the first quarter? Interpret this result. Standard deviation (to 2 decimals): .04 Confidence interval (to 2 decimals): ( 1.67 29.35 The mean price per share has increase between % and % over the three-month period (to 1 decimal).
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