Use the EPS and DPS data given in Table 2.3 in Chap. 2 to construct frequency distributions.

 Table 2.3

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Johnson Year DPS 1988 1.89 1989 1.10 1990 1.29 1991 1.51 1992 0.88 1993 1.00 1994 1.12 1995 1.25 1996 0.72 1997 0.83 1998 0.95 1999 1.04 2000 1.22 2001 0.66 2002 0.78 2003 0.91 2004 1.08 2005 1.26 2006 1.44 2007 1.60 2008 1.77 2009 1.91 & Johnson EPS 5.63 3.19 3.38 4.30 1.54 2.71 3.08 3.65 2.12 2.41 2.23 2.94 3.39 1.83 2.16 2.39 2.83 3.46 3.73 3.63 4.57 4.40 PPS 85.13 59.38 71.75 114.50 50.50 44.88 54.75 85.50 49.75 65.88 83.88 93.25 105.06 59.10 53.71 51.66 63.42 60.10 66.02 66.70 59.83 64.41 Merck DPS 1.37 1.70 2.00 2.34 0.95 1.06 1.15 1.24 1.44 1.70 1.93 1.09 1.23 1.36 1.41 1.45 1.50 1.52 1.52 1.51 1.52 1.58 EPS 3.02 3.74 4.51 5.39 1.70 1.86 2.35 2.63 3.12 3.74 4.30 2.45 2.90 3.14 3.14 3.03 2.61 2.10 2.03 1.49 3.64 5.68 PPS 57.75 77.50 89.88 166.50 43.38 34.38 38.13 65.63 79.63 106.00 147.50 67.19 93.63 58.80 56.61 46.20 32.14 31.81 43.60 58.11 30.40 36.54 S&P500 265.79 322.84 334.59 376.18 415.74 451.41 460.42 541.72 670.5 873.43 1,085.5 1,327.33 1,427.22 1,194.18 993.94 965.23 1,130.65 1,207.23 1,310.46 1,477.19 1,220.04 948.05