(01.06 LC)
When 25 employees were first hired in 2011 for a pharmaceutical company, Company A, the starting
annual salary was $38,000. A competing pharmaceutical company, Company B, had the same starting
salary for 25 employees hired the same year. In 2016, data was collected on the annual salaries of these
same employees at each company. This data is displayed in the boxplots shown:
Company A Company B
80,000
70,000
I
60,000

50,000
Annual Salary (US Dollars)
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Part A: Compare the annual salary distributions. (4 points)
Part B: What are the pros and cons of working at each company? Explain using what you found in Part
A. (6 points) (10 points)

Respuesta :

Box plots are used to display data using a rectangle whose vertical edges represent the quartiles.

(a) The annual salaries of both companies

From the box plots, we have the following highlights:

  • The entry salary at Company A is less than company B
  • The median salary at Company A is less than company B
  • The highest salary at Company A is greater than company B

(b) The pros and cons

For Company A, we have:

There is an outlier in the distribution of company A;

This implies that employees in company A have the possibility of earning more

For Company B, we have:

The entry salary at company B is more than the entry salary of employees in company A

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