STAT 243 –OL Excel Lab 1 (25 points) Due by 11.

59 pm on Wednesday, Jan 23

Last Name: Pedersen First Name: Mathew

Type your name above given space.
Follow the instruction given in the Excel Lab 1- Guide, and then copy and paste only the graphs
created in problems 1 through 4 in the given spaces below.
Do NOT copy and paste the data or tables in this document.
If you want partial points for wrong answer of each multiple choice or filling the blank question,
please provide a reason (in a single statement) for your answer.

Problem 1:
(a) (5 points) Copy and paste histogram of age variable here.

Histogram
30 120.00%

25 100.00%

20 80.00%
Frequency

15 60.00%
Frequency
10 40.00% Cumulative %

5 20.00%

0 0.00%
24.9 34.9 44.9 54.9 64.9 74.9
Age

(b) (1 point) Based on the histogram you pasted above, highlight the correct answer for the shape of
the distribution of age of the people in the sample.
Symmetric Left Skewed Right Skewed (positively skewed)

(c) (1 point) Based on the histogram you pasted above or frequency table on the Excel file,
approximately how many people are more than 55 years or older in the sample? Highlight one
answer.
50 17 0 39

Problem 2:
(a) (5 points) Copy and paste pie chart of marital status variable here.
 Distribution of Marital Status

Divorced
16%
Widowed
9%
Married
52%

Single
23%

Married Single Widowed Divorced

(b) (1 point) Based on the bar graph you pasted above, what is the marital status of most of the
people in the sample? Highlight one answer.
Divorced Married Single Widowed

(c) (1 point) Based on the bar graph you pasted above, ___________ (more, less) people are single
compared to divorced people in the sample. Highlight one of the words in parenthesis for the
blank.

Problem 3:
(a) (5 points) Copy and paste bar graph of education level variable here.

Distribution of Education Level

50
45
40
35
Frequency

30
25
20
15
10
5
0
no high school degree high school graduate college degree graduate degree
Education Level

(b) (1 point) Based on the bar graph you pasted above, most of the people in the sample have
(Highlight one answer).
No high school degree High school degree
College degree graduate degree
Problem 4: (5 points) Copy and paste Pareto chart of the given data here.

Job Sources of Survey Respondents

300

250

200
Frequency

150

100

50

0
Networking Help Wanted Ads Executive Search Mass Mailing
Firms
Job Sources

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