11521p1
Questions
| In this data set – the ROI data set - for 2 different majors (Business and Engineering), you are given a sample of the 20 best colleges according to ROI (ROI = Return on Investment) and their ‘School Type’, ‘Cost’, ’30-Year ROI’, and ‘Annual % ROI’. |
| For each of the 2 majors create a pie chart using the column ‘School Type’. Comment on your results. |
| For each of the 2 majors create a frequency distribution and histogram using the column ‘Annual % ROI’. Group with starting at 6% (0.06), ending at 11% (0.11), and go by 0.5% (0.005). |
| For the histograms title your charts “Histogram Business Major: Annual % ROI” for Business majors and “Histogram Engineering Major: Annual % ROI” for Engineering Majors. Comment on your results. |
Business Major
| School Type | Cost | 30 Year ROI | Annual ROI |
| Private | $222,700.00 | $1,786,000.00 | 7.70% |
| Private | $176,400.00 | $1,758,000.00 | 8.40% |
| Private | $212,200.00 | $1,714,000.00 | 7.80% |
| Public | $125,100.00 | $1,535,000.00 | 9.10% |
| Private | $212,700.00 | $1,529,000.00 | 7.40% |
| Public | $92,910.00 | $1,501,000.00 | 10.10% |
| Private | $214,900.00 | $1,485,000.00 | 7.30% |
| Private | $217,800.00 | $1,483,000.00 | 7.20% |
| Private | $225,600.00 | $1,444,000.00 | 7.00% |
| Private | $217,300.00 | $1,442,000.00 | 7.10% |
| Private | $226,500.00 | $1,441,000.00 | 7.00% |
| Private | $215,500.00 | $1,438,000.00 | 7.20% |
| Private | $223,500.00 | $1,428,000.00 | 7.00% |
| Private | $226,600.00 | $1,414,000.00 | 7.00% |
| Private | $189,300.00 | $1,397,000.00 | 7.50% |
| Public | $89,700.00 | $1,382,000.00 | 9.90% |
| Public | $87,030.00 | $1,376,000.00 | 10.00% |
| Private | $218,200.00 | $1,343,000.00 | 6.90% |
| Private | $229,900.00 | $1,339,000.00 | 6.70% |
| Private | $148,800.00 | $1,321,000.00 | 8.10% |
| Best College ROI by Majo 2013: Payscale.com |
Engineering Major
| School Type | Cost | 30 Year ROI | Annual ROI |
| Private | $221,700.00 | $2,412,000.00 | 8.70% |
| Private | $213,000.00 | $2,064,000.00 | 8.30% |
| Private | $230,100.00 | $1,949,000.00 | 7.90% |
| Private | $222,600.00 | $1,947,000.00 | 8.00% |
| Private | $225,800.00 | $1,938,000.00 | 8.00% |
| Public | $87,660.00 | $1,937,000.00 | 11.20% |
| Private | $224,900.00 | $1,915,000.00 | 7.90% |
| Private | $221,600.00 | $1,878,000.00 | 7.90% |
| Public | $125,100.00 | $1,854,000.00 | 9.80% |
| Private | $215,700.00 | $1,794,000.00 | 7.90% |
| Public | $92,530.00 | $1,761,000.00 | 10.60% |
| Private | $217,800.00 | $1,752,000.00 | 7.70% |
| Public | $89,700.00 | $1,727,000.00 | 10.70% |
| Private | $229,600.00 | $1,716,000.00 | 7.50% |
| Public | $101,500.00 | $1,703,000.00 | 10.20% |
| Public | $115,500.00 | $1,694,000.00 | 9.70% |
| Public | $104,500.00 | $1,690,000.00 | 10.10% |
| Public | $69,980.00 | $1,685,000.00 | 11.50% |
| Private | $219,400.00 | $1,676,000.00 | 7.60% |
| Public | $64,930.00 | $1,668,000.00 | 11.70% |