Descriptive Statistics for the Closing Stock Prices of Two Companies

question 139

Essay

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