Explaining with Data – 2nd Edition
ST
SOLUTIONS &
UV
IA
ANSWER
?_
GUIDE
AP
PR
Jeffrey D. Camm
OV
Comprehensive Solutions and Answer Guide for Instructors and
ED
Students
© Jeffrey D. Camm. All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is
??
prohibited.
©DREAMSHUB
, Data Visualization: Exploring and Explaining with Data (2nd Edition)
Authors: Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W.
Ohlmann
ISBN: 9780357929766
ST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
UV
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Selecting a Chart Type
Chapter 3: Data Visualization and Design
Chapter 4: Purposeful Use of Color
IA
Chapter 5: Visualizing Variability
Chapter 6: Exploring Data Visually
Chapter 7: Explaining Visually to Influence with Data
?_
Chapter 8: Data Dashboards
Chapter 9: Telling the Truth with Data Visualization
AP
PR
OV
ED
??
©DREAMSHUB
, Solution and Answer Guide:
Camm/Cochran/Fry/Ohlmann, Data Visualization - Exploring and Explaining with Data, 2nd Edition, © 2025, 9780357929766; Chapter 1: In
Solution and Answer Guide
ST
CAMM /COCHRAN /F RY /OHLMANN , DATA VISUALIZATION - EXPLORING AND EXPLAINING
UV
WITH DATA , 2ND EDITION , © 2025, 9780357929766; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IA
End of Section Problem Solutions .................................................................................................. 1
?_
END OF SECTION PROBLEM SOLUTIONS
1. Types of Analytics. Indicate which type of analytics (descriptive, predictive, or
AP
prescriptive analytics) each of the following represents. LO 1
a. a data dashboard
b. a model that finds the production schedule that minimizes overtime
c. a model that forecasts sales for the next quarter
PR
d. a bar chart
e. a model that allocates your financial investments to achieve your financial goal
Solution:
OV
a. descriptive
b. prescriptive
c. predictive
d. descriptive
ED
e. prescriptive
2. Transportation Planning. An analytics professional is asked to plan the shipment of a
product for the next quarter. She employs the following process:
Step 1. For each of the 12 distribution centers, she plots the quarterly demand for the
??
product over the last three years.
1
© 2025 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly
accessible website, in whole or in part.
, Solution and Answer Guide:
Camm/Cochran/Fry/Ohlmann, Data Visualization - Exploring and Explaining with Data, 2nd Edition, © 2025, 9780357929766; Chapter 1: In
Step 2. Based on the plot for each distribution center, she develops a forecasting model
ST
to forecast demand for next quarter for each distribution center.
Step 3. She takes the forecast for next quarter for each distribution center and inputs
those forecasts, along with the capacities of the company’s four factories and
UV
transportation rates from each factory to each distribution center, into an
optimization model. The optimization model suggests a shipping plan that
minimizes the cost of how to satisfy the forecasted demand from the company’s
four different factories to the distribution centers.
IA
Describe the type of analytics being utilized in each of the three steps outlined
above. LO 1
?_
AP
PR
OV
ED
??
2
© 2025 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly
accessible website, in whole or in part.