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Chapter 1: Q. 1 (page 75)

According to the Internet Movie Database, Avatar is tops based on box office sales worldwide. The following table displays data on several popular movies.

(a) What individuals does this data set describe?

(b) Clearly identify each of the variables. Which are quantitative? In what units do you think they are measured?

(c) Describe the individual in the highlighted row

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a. The movies are Avatar, Titanic, Lord of the ring, pirates of Cariban, the dark knight

b. The variables are investigated, quantitative variables are time (in min) and Box office ( in dollar).

c. The Avatar movie is highlighted in the row, it is an action film, released in 2009 and $ 21,714, 767, 458 are box office sale rates.

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Definition of data

The set of data is arranged through individuals data.

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Final result 

a. Arrange the movies are Avatar, Titanic, Lord of the ring, pirates of Cariban, the dark knight

b. All variables are investigated and the variables are movies, rating, year, time, genre and box office.

Here, Quantitative variables are numerical and individuals are categorical. Categorical variables are genre, movies, rating, and year. Quantitative variables are time and box office measures (in minutes) and (in dollars)

c. Highlighted movie is Avatar in the row. The movie was released in 2009, and the rate is PG-13, movie time is 162 minutes. The movie is an action film and box office $ 21,714, 767, 458

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