List of Activities by Application

Business and Economics Activity/Exercise Numbers
Cell Phone Fraud 1-1
Credit Card Usage 1-9, 16-12, 19-23,
Got a Tip? 1-10, 5-28, 14-12, 15-8, 22-4, 22-9, 25-3
Bonus or Rebate 1-18, 5-31, 8-31, 21-28, 22-28
Car Ages 1-21, 23-7
Penny Thoughts 2-1, 3-10, 16-23
Accumulating Frequent Flyer Miles 3-16
Celebrating Mothers 3-35, 16-29
Shopping Online 4-24
Children's Television Advertisements 6-11, 25-14
Gender-Stereotypical Toy Advertising 6-21, 6-22
Hypothetical Employee Retention Predictions 6-28
Honda Prices 7-10, 10-19, 12-21, 28-14, 28-15, 29-10, 29-11
Hypothetical Manufacturing Processes 7-17
Turnpike Distances 7-20
Textbook Prices 7-29, 28-4, 28-5, 29-5
Housing Prices 8-10
Salary Expectations 8-26
Age Discrimination 8-34
Hypothetical ATM Withdrawals 9-24, 19-21, 22-5
Digital Cameras 10-5, 26-18, 27-21
Random Cell Phones 11-6
Dice-Generated Ice Cream Prices 11-17, 11-18
Collecting Prizes 11-20
Cars' Fuel Efficiency 14-7, 15-20
Christmas Shopping 15-2, 15-7, 15-18, 19-30
Magazine Advertisements 16-15, 21-21
Charitable Contributions 16-18, 18-7
Employee Sick Days 17-26
Hiring Discrimination 17-21, 18-21
House Prices 19-22, 26-1, 27-5, 28-2, 28-12, 28-13, 29-3
Editorial Styles 22-12, 22-13
Cow Milking 23-6
Comparison Shopping 23-22, 23-23, 26-21
Car Data 26-3, 27-1, 28-10
Airline Maintenance 26-33
Airport Traffic 26-25, 28-31
Utility Usage 26-28, 27-24, 28-28, 29-21

Get Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data, Fourth Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.