The Maple Grove Hotel manager has collected data on the number of rooms occupied each evening for the past 700 nights. The fewest rooms occupied during that period was 11 and the most was the capacity, 430. Based on this information, which of the following would be reasonable class limits for the first class if the manager wishes to use 8 classes to develop a frequency distribution?
A) 0 to 40
B) 10 to

Question

The Maple Grove Hotel manager has collected data on the number of rooms occupied each evening for the past 700 nights. The fewest rooms occupied during that period was 11 and the most was the capacity, 430. Based on this information, which of the following would be reasonable class limits for the first class if the manager wishes to use 8 classes to develop a frequency distribution?
A) 0 to 40
B) 10 to < 65
C) 11 to 19
D) 0 to 52.38

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The range of the data is 430 - 11 = 419. Dividing this range by 8 classes gives approximately 52.375 per class. Therefore, starting at 10 and going up to just under 65 (10 to <65) covers slightly more than this range and is a reasonable choice for the first class.

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