Homework: Stock Analysis
Length: 5 to 6 pages.
Select a business of which you are a part or in which you have interest and download the raw data on the company's stock history. Any business that has practical meaning for you is appropriate for this assessment on Yahoo Finance
Using the Excel file with the year's stock data, conduct descriptive analysis as follows:
1) Create a scatterplot of the highest stock price (in the column labeled "High") against time. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you created this graph.
2) Create a scatterplot of the lowest stock price (in the column labeled "Low") against time. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you created this graph.
3) Create a histogram of the adjusted daily closing stock price (in the column labeled "Adj Close"). Make sure the histogram is meaningful by adjusting the bin size so you can see the shape of the histogram. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you created this graph.
4) Create a histogram of the stock trading volume (in the column labeled "Volume"). Make sure the histogram is meaningful by adjusting the bin size so you can see the shape of the histogram. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you created this graph.
5) Calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the adjusted daily closing stock price. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you calculated these statistics.
6) Calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the stock volume. Write a sentence explaining the process by which you calculated these statistics.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.