This is the starter data for Lab 1. If you have Internet access,
check out the
U.S. Census Bureau's Web site for updated data, otherwise use
the values here. The values below are taken from that Web site.
Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail E-commerce Sales:
4th Quarter 1999 – 3rd Quarter 2003
(Data in billions of dollars, not adjusted for seasonal, holiday and trading-day differences, or price changes.)
| Period
|
Total Sales |
Total E-Commerce Sales |
| 1999 4th Quarter |
787362 |
5393 |
| 2000 1st Quarter |
715102 |
5772 |
| 2000 2nd Quarter |
775364 |
6250 |
| 2000 3rd Quarter |
768559 |
7079 |
| 2000 4th Quarter |
812667 |
9248 |
| 2001 1st Quarter |
723710 |
8009 |
| 2001 2nd Quarter |
801115 |
7904 |
| 2001 3rd Quarter |
777882 |
7894 |
| 2001 4th Quarter |
850608 |
10788 |
| 2002 1st Quarter |
740020 |
9470 |
| 2002 2nd Quarter |
818609 |
9761 |
| 2002 3rd Quarter |
822125 |
10465 |
| 2002 4th Quarter |
864653 |
13770 |
| 2003 1st Quarter |
772185 |
11928 |
| 2003 2nd Quarter |
858793 |
12464 |
| 2003 3rd Quarter |
872506 |
13291 |