With an annual production of 100,000 metric tons, steelworld inc., is one of the major producers of steel in its country. when the government of this country recently hiked the minimum wage for labor, the media predicted a considerable decline in national production. as one of the core industries in the economy, steel production was expected to be hit particularly badly. although the supply of steel by steelworld did decline, the fall was much lower than anticipated.

which of the following, if true, would explain this phenomenon?

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?