The owner of a restaurant serving Continental-style entrees has the business objective of learning more about the patterns of patron demand during the Friday - to - Sunday weekend time period. Data were collected from 630 customers on the type of entrée ordered and organized in the following table:
Type of Entrée Number Served
Beef 187
Chicken 103
Mixed 30
Duck 25
Fish 122
Pasta 63
Shellfish 74
Veal 26
Total 630
a. Construct a percentage summary table for the types of entrees ordered.
b. Construct a bar chart, a pie chart, and a Pareto chart for the types of entrees ordered
c. Do you prefer using a Pareto chart or a pie chart for these data? Why?
d. What conclusions can the restaurant owner reach concerning demand for different types of entrees?
The file Cigarette Tax contains the state cigarette tax, in dollars, for each state as of April 1, 2009.
a. Develop an ordered array.
b. Plot a percentage histogram.
c. What conclusions can you reach about the differences in the state cigarette tax between the states?