The Daily Closing Values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average

question 62

Multiple Choice

The daily closing values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average are examples of

• A) cross-sectional data
• B) discrete data
• C) time-series data
• D) continuous data
• Below you will find summary measures on starting salaries for classroom teachers across the United States.You will also find a list of selected states and their average starting teacher salary.All values are in thousands of dollars.
• Starting salaries for classroom teachers across the United States
• \[\begin{array} { | l l | }
• \hline & \text { Salary } \\
• \hline \text { Count } & 51.000 \\
• \text { Mean } & 35.890 \\
• \text { Median } & 35.000 \\
• \text { Standard deviation } & 6.226 \\
• \text { Minimum } & 26.300 \\
• \text { Maximum } & 50.300 \\
• \text { Variance } & 38.763 \\
• \text { First quartile } & 31.550 \\
• \text { Third quartile } & 40.050 \\
• \hline
• \end{array}\]
• Selected states and their average starting teacher
• \[\begin{array} { | l l | }
• \hline \text { State } & \text { Salary } \\
• \hline \text { Alabama } & 31.3 \\
• \text { Colorado } & 35.4 \\
• \text { Connecticut } & 50.3 \\
• \text { Delaware } & 40.5 \\
• \text { Nebraska } & 31.5 \\
• \text { Nevada } & 36.2 \\
• \text { New Hampshire } & 35.8 \\
• \text { New Jersey } & 47.9 \\
• \text { New Mexico } & 29.6 \\
• \text { South Carolina } & 31.6 \\
• \text { South Dakota } & 26.3 \\
• \text { Tennessee } & 33.1 \\
• \text { Texas } & 32.0 \\
• \text { Utah } & 30.6 \\
• \text { Vermont } & 36.3 \\
• \text { Virginia } & 35.0 \\
• \text { Wyoming } & 31.6 \\
• \hline
• \end{array}\]

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