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Raw Data Used - Heather

The raw data used was from the University of Phoenix Summer Historical Data. It shows the increase or decrease of each month through four years and also includes the forecasted amounts. This data is a good source when it comes to figuring out the busy and slow months for the company.

According to the forecasted amounts each month was above the $40,000 mark and the highest month was May coming in at $64,375. The next highest months were April at $59,210, June at 57,750, and August at $56,638. The last month to come in at a close number was July at $47,520.

The slower months according to the forecasted amounts were January, February, March, September, October, November and December. The amounts were fairly close; January was at $39,600, February was at $37,080 and October was at $39,638. The next lower months were March and September coming in at $30,000 and $29,855. Finally we have November coming in at $27,323 and December with $19,350.

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Frequency Distribution - Vickie

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Normal Distribution - Vickie

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Month

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Forecast

1

18,000

45,100

59,800

35,500

39,600

2

19,800

46,530

30,740

51,250

37,080

3

15,700

22,100

47,800

34,400

30,000

4

53,600

41,350

73,890

68,000

59,210

5

83,200

46,000

60,200

68,100

64,375

6

72,900

41,800

55,200

61,100

57,750

7

55,200

39,800

32,180

62,300

47,520

8

57,350

64,100

38,600

66,500

56,638

9

15,400

47,600

25,020

31,400

29,855

10

27,700

43,050

51,300

36,500

39,638

11

21,400

39,300

31,790

16,800

27,323

12

17,100

10,300

31,100

18,900

19,350

Avg.

38,112

43,902

44,802

45,896

42,362