Business Statistics: A First Course (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780135177785
Author: David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat, David F. Stephan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Ten years ago, the town of Easton decided to increase its annual spending on education so that its high school graduates would be able to earn higher wages. Now Easton has asked you to evaluate the effectiveness of the spending increase. Their data show that before the spending increase, the average annual salary of recent high school graduates was $25,000 and that now that average salary has risen to $28,500. Fortunately for your analysis, a neighboring community (Allentown) did not change its annual spending on education. Ten years ago, recent Allentown high school graduates earned an average of $22,500, and now that average is $23,750.
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