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1. The data table shows the yields for a money market? account, a? one-year certificate of deposit? (CD), and a? five-year CD for 13 banks. Complete parts? (a) through? (c).
Data Table
Money Market One-year CD Five-Year CD
1.97 0.99 4.05 4.16 4.64 3.91
1.05 1.53 3.65 4.06 4.24 4.09
1.27 1.45 4.02 3.43 4.62 3.55
0.43 0.64 4.37 3.88 4.39 3.86
1.83 1.09 3.45 3.81 3.87 4.97
0.81 0.79 3.81 4.89 4.33 4.95
0.32 3.17 4.73
a. List the? five-number summary for the yields of a money market? account, a? one-year CD, and a? five-year CD.
The? five-number summary for the yields of a money market account is ___,____,____,____,_____
?(Use ascending order. Do not? round.)
The? five-number summary for the yields of a? one-year CD is ___,____,____,____,_____
?(Use ascending order. Do not? round.)
The? five-number summary for the yields of a? five-year CD is ___,____,____,____,_____
?(Use ascending order. Do not? round.)
b. What similarities and differences are there in the distributions for the yields of a money market? account, a? one-year CD, and a? five-year CD?
A. A? five-year CD tends to have a higher yield than either of the other kinds of investments.
B. There does not tend to be much variation in the yields of a money market account whereas the yields of the other kinds of investments vary widely.
C. The three kinds of investments all tend to have the same yield.
D. The yields of a? one-year CD are symmetrically distributed whereas the yields of the other kinds of investments are both skewed.