[Solved] Excel Questions Business Analysis

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**## BUSI508-Homework61.docx**

**Assignment 6: Analyzing Distribution Types and Trend Lines in Excel**

**Scenario:**
You are a data analyst for a small retail company, and your manager has asked you to analyze customer purchasing trends over the past year. You have been provided with sales data from different store locations. Your task is to examine the distribution of monthly sales, identify trends, and visualize the data using Excel.

**Data Set (Copy into Excel):**

| | | | | |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| **Month** | **Store A Sales ($)** | **Store B Sales ($)** | **Store C Sales ($)** | **Store D Sales ($)** |
| Jan | 4200 | 3800 | 5000 | 4700 |
| Feb | 4600 | 3900 | 5200 | 4800 |
| Mar | 4800 | 4200 | 5300 | 4900 |
| Apr | 5000 | 4300 | 5400 | 5000 |
| May | 5100 | 4500 | 5500 | 5200 |
| Jun | 5200 | 4600 | 5600 | 5300 |
| Jul | 5300 | 4800 | 5700 | 5500 |
| Aug | 5400 | 4900 | 5800 | 5600 |
| Sep | 5500 | 5000 | 5900 | 5700 |
| Oct | 5600 | 5200 | 6000 | 5800 |
| Nov | 5700 | 5300 | 6100 | 6000 |
| Dec | 5800 | 5400 | 6200 | 6100 |

**Assignment Details/Instructions:**

Using Excel’s
**Data Analysis Toolpak**, complete the following tasks:

1.
**Create Frequency Distributions:**

· Generate a histogram for Store A’s monthly sales.

· Set appropriate bin ranges for the histogram or let the system do it for you.

2.
**Analyze the Distribution Shape:**

· Describe the shape of the histogram (e.g., normal, skewed).

3.
**Create Trend Lines:**

· Create a line graph showing the sales trends for all four stores over the year.

· Add a trend line for
**Store A** and
**Store C** and display the equation on the chart.

· Identify whether the trend is linear, exponential, or polynomial.

**## BUSI508-Homework61.docx**

**Assignment 6: Analyzing Distribution Types and Trend Lines in Excel**

**Scenario:**
You are a data analyst for a small retail company, and your manager has asked you to analyze customer purchasing trends over the past year. You have been provided with sales data from different store locations. Your task is to examine the distribution of monthly sales, identify trends, and visualize the data using Excel.

**Data Set (Copy into Excel):**

| | | | | |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| **Month** | **Store A Sales ($)** | **Store B Sales ($)** | **Store C Sales ($)** | **Store D Sales ($)** |
| Jan | 4200 | 3800 | 5000 | 4700 |
| Feb | 4600 | 3900 | 5200 | 4800 |
| Mar | 4800 | 4200 | 5300 | 4900 |
| Apr | 5000 | 4300 | 5400 | 5000 |
| May | 5100 | 4500 | 5500 | 5200 |
| Jun | 5200 | 4600 | 5600 | 5300 |
| Jul | 5300 | 4800 | 5700 | 5500 |
| Aug | 5400 | 4900 | 5800 | 5600 |
| Sep | 5500 | 5000 | 5900 | 5700 |
| Oct | 5600 | 5200 | 6000 | 5800 |
| Nov | 5700 | 5300 | 6100 | 6000 |
| Dec | 5800 | 5400 | 6200 | 6100 |

**Assignment Details/Instructions:**

Using Excel’s
**Data Analysis Toolpak**, complete the following tasks:

1.
**Create Frequency Distributions:**

· Generate a histogram for Store A’s monthly sales.

· Set appropriate bin ranges for the histogram or let the system do it for you.

2.
**Analyze the Distribution Shape:**

· Describe the shape of the histogram (e.g., normal, skewed).

3.
**Create Trend Lines:**

· Create a line graph showing the sales trends for all four stores over the year.

· Add a trend line for
**Store A** and
**Store C** and display the equation on the chart.

· Identify whether the trend is linear, exponential, or polynomial.