Statistics for Managerial Decisions

STATISTICS FOR
MANAGERIAL
DECISIONS
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Question 1
(a) Quarterly opening price for the two stocks
Stem and leaf plotfor the two stocks
(b) Relative frequency histogram and frequency polygon graph
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(c) For six selected publicly listed companies from the healthcare industry, the market
capitalisation on December 31, 2018 is captured through the bar graph below.
(d) The comparable information for the given two stocks is shown below which is useful for
decision making.
Based on the above data, it would make sense to invest in RMD because of the following
reasons.
1) Lower risk as reflected from beta and hence lower volatility
2) Higher dividend yield which augers well for stakeholders
3) Lower P/E ratio which would imply lower valuations
Question 2
(a) Computation of mean, median, first quartile and third quartile of the weekly rents
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