Descriptive Statistics for the Closing Stock Prices of Two Companies

Essay

Descriptive statistics for the closing stock prices of two companies for several trading periods are shown below. $\begin{array}{|ll|}\hline\text { Baba, Inc. } \\\hline & \\\text { Mean } & 4.04 \\\text { Standard Error } & 0.11 \\\text { Median } & 4.07 \\\text { Mode } & 3.59 \\\text { Standard Deviation } & 1.13 \\\text { Sample Variance } & 1.28 \\\text { Kurtosis } & -1.10 \\\text { Skewness } & 0.04 \\\text { Range } & 3.98 \\\text { Minimum } & 2.00 \\\text { Maximum } & 5.98 \\\text { Sum } & 416.05 \\\text { Count } & 103 \\\hline\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{|ll|}\hline \text { Maman, Inc. } \\\hline & \\\text { Mean } & 16.41 \\\text { Standard Error } & 0.22 \\\text { Median } & 16.83 \\\text { Mode } & 16.59 \\\text { Standard Deviation } & 2.34 \\\text { Sample Variance } & 5.48 \\\text { Kurtosis } & 9.10 \\\text { Skewness } & -2.85 \\\text { Range } & 12.57 \\\text { Minimum } & 6.29 \\\text { Maximum } & 18.86 \\\text { Sum } & 1919.63 \\\text { Count } & 117 \\\hline\end{array}$ ​
a.
Which company's stock price has a more dispersed distribution? Explain. Show your complete work and support your answer.
b.
Compare the Skewness of the two and explain what is indicated.