A data analyst is asked on the morning of April 9, 2020, to create a sales report that identifies sales year to date. The daily sales data is current…

This is because sales year to date refers to the sales that have occurred from the beginning of the

current year until the current date. By creating a sales report that identifies sales year to date, the

analyst can measure and compare the sales performance and progress of the current year. Since the

analyst is asked to create the sales report on the morning of April 9, 2020, and the daily sales data is

current through the end of the day, the date range that should be on the report is January 1, 2020 to

April 9, 2020. The other date ranges are not correct for identifying sales year to date. Here is why:

January 1, 2020 to April 1, 2020 would not include the sales that occurred in the first eight days of

April, which would underestimate the sales year to date.

January 1, 2020 to April 7, 2020 would not include the sales that occurred in the last two days of

April, which would also underestimate the sales year to date.

January 1, 2020 to April 8, 2020 would not include the sales that occurred on April 9, which would

also underestimate the sales year to date.