Which of the following is an example of qualitative data? A P E X a. Blue is the best selling color for all models in the product line
b. consumers feel that a certain brand is not stylish enough to interest them
c. A certain brands products or an average of 15% more expensive than comparable products from their direct competitor
d. sales for the newest product model have a mounted to $260,000 over the last three months

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?