Table 1.8 shows a data set containing information for 25 of the shadow stocks tracked by the American Association of Individual Investors (aaii.com, February 2002). Shadow stocks are common stocks of smaller companies that are not closely followed by Wall Street analysts. The data set is also on the CD accompanying the text in the file named Shadow02.
a. How many variables are in the data set?
b. Which of the variables are qualitative and which are quantitative?
TABLE 1.8 DATA SET FOR 25 SHADOW STOCKS
|
Company
|
Exchange
|
Ticker Symbol
|
Market Cap
($ millions)
|
Price/ Earnings Ratio
|
Gross Profit Margin (%)
|
|
DeWolfe Companies
|
AMEX
|
DWL
|
36.4
|
8.4
|
36.7
|
|
North Coast Energy
|
OTC
|
NCEB
|
52.5
|
6.2
|
59.3
|
|
Hansen Natural Corp.
|
OTC
|
HANS
|
41.1
|
14.6
|
44.8
|
|
MarineMax, Inc.
|
NYSE
|
HZO
|
111.5
|
7.2
|
23.8
|
|
Nanometrics Incorporated
|
OTC
|
NANO
|
228.6
|
38.0
|
53.3
|
|
TeamStaff, Inc.
|
OTC
|
TSTF
|
92.1
|
33.5
|
4.1
|
|
Environmental Tectonics
|
AMEX
|
ETC
|
51.1
|
35.8
|
35.9
|
|
Measurement Specialties
|
AMEX
|
MSS
|
101.8
|
26.8
|
37.6
|
|
SEMCO Energy, Inc.
|
NYSE
|
SEN
|
193.4
|
18.7
|
23.6
|
|
Party City Corporation
|
OTC
|
PCTY
|
97.2
|
15.9
|
36.4
|
|
Embrex, Inc.
|
OTC
|
EMBX
|
136.5
|
18.9
|
59.5
|
|
Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc.
|
AMEX
|
TO
|
23.2
|
20.7
|
35.7
|
|
ARCADIS NV
|
OTC
|
ARCAF
|
173.4
|
8.8
|
9.6
|
|
Qiao Xing Universal Tele.
|
OTC
|
XING
|
64.3
|
22.1
|
30.8
|
|
Energy West Incorporated
|
OTC
|
EWST
|
29.1
|
9.7
|
16.3
|
|
Barnwell Industries, Inc.
|
AMEX
|
BRN
|
27.3
|
7.4
|
73.4
|
|
Innodata Corporation
|
OTC
|
INOD
|
66.1
|
11.0
|
29.6
|
|
Medical Action Industries
|
OTC
|
MDCI
|
137.1
|
26.9
|
30.6
|
|
Instrumentarium Corp.
|
OTC
|
INMRY
|
240.9
|
3.6
|
52.1
|
|
Petroleum Development
|
OTC
|
PETD
|
95.9
|
6.1
|
19.4
|
|
Drexler Technology Corp.
|
OTC
|
DRXR
|
233.6
|
45.6
|
53.6
|
|
Gerber Childrenswear Inc.
|
NYSE
|
GCW
|
126.9
|
7.9
|
25.8
|
|
Gaiam, Inc.
|
OTC
|
GAIA
|
295.5
|
68.2
|
60.7
|
|
Artesian Resources Corp.
|
OTC
|
ARTNA
|
62.8
|
20.5
|
45.5
|
|
York Water Company
|
OTC
|
YORW
|
92.2
|
22.9
|
74.2
|
|
|
CD file
Shadow02
c. For the Exchange variable, show the frequency and the percent frequency for AMEX, NYSE, and OTC. Construct a bar graph similar to Figure 1.5 for the Exchange variable.
d. Show the frequency distribution for the Gross Profit Margin using the five intervals: 0-14.9, 15-29.9, 30-44.9, 45-59.9, and 60-74.9. Construct a histogram similar to Figure 1.6.
e. What is the average price/earnings ratio?