QUANTITATIVE SKILLS FOR BUSINESS 5EC511 COURSEWORK 2 REPORT ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLE DATA SET PROVIDED

QUANTITATIVE SKILLS FOR BUSINESS
5EC511 COURSEWORK 2

REPORT ANALYSIS
FOR SAMPLE DATA
SET PROVIDED

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Introduction 3


Analysis of the distribution of the profit rate across all companies… 3


Analysis of the distribution of the profit rate, comparing the large and SME firms.. 5

Analysis of the distribution of the profit rate, comparing manufacturers in the data set by
their export activity 9

Analysis of the distribution of Return on Capital Employed comparing large and SME
manufacturers 12

Analysis of the export activity of the manufacturers in the data set against their size,
measured by whether they are large or SME companies… 16

Analysis of the extent to which the profit margin across all manufacturers in the data set is
associated with the other quantitative variables… 18

Analysis of the extent to which the profit margin for manufacturers in the data set can be
predicted using the other quantitative variables… 21

Conclusion 24

Appendixes 25

References 32




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