Descriptive Statistics for the Closing Stock Prices of Two Companies

question 41

Essay

Descriptive statistics for the closing stock prices of two companies for several trading periods are shown below.
$\begin{array} { l }\text { Baba, Inc. }&\text { Maman, Inc. } \\\begin{array}{lr}\hline \text { Mean } & 4.00 \\\text { Standard Error } & 0.11 \\\text { Median } & 3.92 \\\text { Mode } & 4.19 \\\text { Standard Deviation } & 1.12 \\\text { Sample Variance } & 1.25 \\\text { Kurtosis } & -1.15 \\\text { Skewness } & 0.08 \\\text { Range } & 3.95 \\\text { Minimum } & 2.03 \\\text { Maximum } & 5.98 \\\text { Sum } & 436.32 \\\text { Count } & 109\\\hline \end{array}&\begin{array}{lr}\hline \text { Mean } & 15.91 \\\text { Standard Error } & 0.29 \\\text { Median } & 16.59 \\\text { Mode } & 15.58 \\\text { Standard Deviation } & 3.21 \\\text { Sample Variance } & 10.31 \\\text { Kurtosis } & 3.52 \\\text { Skewness } & -2.09 \\\text { Range } & 13.45 \\\text { Minimum } & 5.55 \\\text { Maximum } & 18.99 \\\text { Sum } & 1972.61 \\\text { Count } & 124\\\hline \end{array}\\\end{array}$

a. Which company's stock price has a more dispersed distribution? Explain. Show your complete work and support your answer.
b. Compare the Skewness' of the two and explain what is indicated.

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