[EX02-196] The dollar amounts listed here are the average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by major industry. Both five years of information and eleven years of information are listed on the CD located on the inside the back cover. Investigate this information, looking for any pattern that might exist.

Find both numerical and graphic statistics by months and by years. Describe all patterns found:

Year Jan. Feb. Mar.

2001 14.48 14.54 14.58 2002 15.05 15.11 15.15

••• Remainder of data on Student’s Suite CD-ROM Source: http://www.bls.gov/

a. Use the 5 years listed on the CD. [EX02-196]

b. Use the 11 years listed on the CD. [DS02-196]