The U.S. Census Bureau tracks sales per month for various products and services through its Monthly Retail Trade Survey. Figure 1.12 shows monthly jewelry sales in millions of dollars for 2016 . a. Are the data quantitative or categorical? b. Are the data cross-sectional or time series? c. Which four months have the highest sales? d. Why do you think the answers to part c might be the highest four months?
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