Compare and Contrast Methods of Summarizing and Describing Data
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Compare and contrast methods of summarizing and describing data
Use the spreadsheet below to answer the following question(s) .
Below is the table showing rate of shoes sold per day and the highest-priced shoe sold that day for a one-week period. The rate of shoes sold per day (X) and the price of the shoes (Y) . $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline\text { Shoes sold }\\ \text { in \% (X) } & \text { Price (Y) } \\\hline 15 & \$ 48 \\\hline 27 & \$ 55 \\\hline 10 & \$ 40 \\\hline 13 & \$ 88 \\\hline 25 & \$ 53 \\\hline 9 & \$ 47 \\\hline 18 & \$ 40 \\\hline & \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Use Excel to calculate the z-score of X observation 27.

• A) -0.24
• B) 0
• C) 0.18
• D) 1.46

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Definitions:

Factory Overhead

All indirect costs associated with manufacturing, such as utilities, depreciation, and maintenance, not directly tied to production.

Conversion Costs

The sum of labor costs and overhead expenses related to the transformation of materials into finished products.

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly traceable to the production of specific goods or services and are a significant component of manufacturing costs.

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to represent the amount of work done on incomplete units, expressed as the equivalent of a number of fully completed units.