Deliverable 1 - Descriptive Statistics

Deliverable 1 - Descriptive Statistics

Deliverable 1 - Descriptive Statistics

Assignment Content

1. Competency
   Describe the data using the measures of central tendency and measures of variability.
   
   
   Student Success Criteria
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   Instructions
   Scenario (information repeated for deliverable 01, 03, and 04)
   
   
   A major client of your company is interested in the salary distributions of jobs in the state of Minnesota that range from $30,000 to $200,000 per year. As a Business Analyst, your boss asks you to research and analyze the salary distributions. You are given a spreadsheet that contains the following information:
   
   • A listing of the jobs by title
   • The salary (in dollars) for each job
   • Deliverable 1 - Descriptive Statistics_.xlsx
     
     The client needs the preliminary findings by the end of the day. Your boss asks you to first compute some basic statistics and then analyze the results in the four questions given in the Excel spreadsheet.
     
     
     Background information on the Data
     
     
     The data set in the spreadsheet consists of 364 records that you will be analyzing from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data set contains a listing of several jobs titles with yearly salaries ranging from approximately $30,000 to $200,000 for the state of Minnesota.
     
     
     What to Submit
     Your boss wants you to submit the spreadsheet with the completed calculations, answers, and analysis.