Reference no: EM133072520

Mikel Bookstore has four locations in one large metropolitan area. Monthly sales (in thousands of dollars) from a random of 24 months from each of the 4 bookstores given in Table 1.

Table 1: Monthly sales (in thousands of dollars)

ari plato soc pyth
22 23 39 25
35 33 42 34
87 45 60 48
12 10 29 17
67 53 81 51
85 60 84 81
24 21 38 26
53 32 55 24
74 52 75 69
35 36 42 23
46 40 59 28
16 18 33 11
77 75 97 60
45 42 60 54
56 49 68 47
44 39 58 57
63 61 69 55
75 63 79 50
90 80 99 73
32 47 46 41
41 48 57 38
20 27 38 25
38 41 51 33
82 54 75 48

1. Plot the data with a box plot with the five-number summary.

2. Interpret the shape of distribution of the sales of these 4 bookstores.

3. Compute the descriptive statistics of sales for each of the bookstores.

4. Explain and compare about sales distribution for all 4 bookstores.