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ECON3320 Homework 1: Part A due Friday January 28th, 2022 Out of 50 points. Part A (this document) 24 points. Part B (questions to be answered on Blackboard) 16 points. Write your name and the date. Answer all questions inside this document and in the same order. Questions answered out of order will not be graded. All questions should appear in the homework. Copy & Paste Excel tables/graphs below each question. Delete blank lines as necessary but be careful not to delete any questions or change the format of the number list. Make sure to answer a question when a question is asked. Copying a table/graph without answering a question will receive partial credit only. Upload a single pdf file to Blackboard. Other file formats might upload with errors which might make you lose some or all points. You can save the Word document as a pdf file. Select “Save as Adobe PDF”. After uploading the file to Blackboard be sure to confirm that all graphs and content have been uploaded correctly. Homework will not be accepted over email. There is a penalty for up to 10 points for not following any of the instructions above. Part A: Dataset (24 points) Dataset. Download the following file from Blackboard: ECON2304_HW1_Data_Mutual Funds.csv This is a dataset for a sample of 45 mutual funds. There are three Fund Types (DE=domestic equity, IE=international equity, FI=fixed income). Net Asset Value ($) = Equity per share. Expense Ratio (%) = expenses as a percentage of assets. The remaining variables are self-explanatory. Instructions for Tables and Graphs: Each must have a descriptive title. Axes in graphs and rows/columns in tables must be properly labeled. Answer the question associated to each Graph/ Table to get full credit. 1. How many variables are in the dataset? 2. How many observations are in the dataset? 3. Which variables are categorical, and which are quantitative? 1
4. Fund Type Using a PivotTable: Prepare the percentage frequency distribution of Fund Type. No need to copy and paste the table to the homework. But you need it for the next step. Prepare a Pie Chart of the Fund Type. Copy and Paste it here. Which is the most frequent fund type in the dataset? 5. Fund Type and Expense Ratio Using a PivotTable: Prepare a cross tabulation of Fund Type (rows) and Expense Ratio (columns). Group Settings: min= 0.25, max=1.49, by=0.50. No need to copy and paste the table to the homework. But you need it for the next step. Prepare a 100% Stacked Bar Chart of Fund Type (horizontal axis category) and Expense Ratio (stacked categories). Copy and Paste it here. 2
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