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120 Identical Retail 2ND 3RD 4TH 3RD 4TH 5TH 49 Identical Department 49 stores 90 stores amounts of change arithmetic mean Average Deviation behavior classes classified Coefficients of Average competitive Differences of Group Directions and Amounts earnings equal frequencies equal width Expense to Net FOLLOWED BY INCREASES Funds to Total given GREATER gross margin GROUP FROM OVERALL GROUP MEANS groups with equal Identical Department Stores Identical National Banks Identical Retail Clothing identical stores Immediately Prior Pairs INCREASES DECREASES INCREASES FOLLOWED indicated lowest MEANS FROM OVERALL Moreover Net Sales ORDER OF ARRAY OVERALL AVERAGES OVERALL COEFFICIENTS overall means positions quartile Ratio Groups RATIOS OF TOTAL regress to type regressive tendencies relative Retail Clothing Stores Sales for 120 Sales for 49 Sixth STORE-YEARS stores reporting Table tend to decrease tion tios Total Capital Funds Total Deposits Total Expense total expense ratios Wages and Salaries Year-to-year Changes Year-to-year Directions Yearly Arrays