document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1135681>Question 1135681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The STATA data set smme.dta contains data from a survey based on a random sample of 192 small and medium enterprises and 9 variables. The list of variables contained in the data sets and their levels is shown below: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bankrupt: Bankruptcy in the past (1 if yes, 0 otherwise) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Capital: Amount of capital (1 if small, 2 if moderate, 3 if large)  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Labour: Labour condition (1 if not favourable, 0 otherwise)  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Skills: Technical skills of employees (1 if poor, 0 otherwise)  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sales: Growth in sales over the past 12 months (1 if none, 0 otherwise)  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Default: Default on bank loans in the past (1 if yes, 0 otherwise)  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hitech: Utilization of high technology for production (1 if none, 0 otherwise)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Turnover: Amount of turnover over past 12 months (1 if low, 0 otherwise) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Duration: Duration of operation of business in months \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)	What is the proportion of bankrupt businesses?     (3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)	What is the proportion of businesses that are exposed to unfavourable labour conditions and bankrupt?       (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)	Assess the extent of variability in the duration variable using the coefficient of variation.       (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d)	Sketch a bar chart in Excel that shows the distribution of bankruptcy by level of skills.                (3)\r<BR>\n" );
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