A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following probability distribution shows the likelihood that people were absent 0,1,2,3,4,or 5 days last month. What is the mode of the distribution?
A)0.72 days
B)2.5 days
C)0 days
D)3 days

Question

A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following probability distribution shows the likelihood that people were absent 0,1,2,3,4,or 5 days last month.  What is the mode of the distribution?
A)0.72 days 
B)2.5 days 
C)0 days 
D)3 days

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mode of a distribution is the value that appears most frequently. In this case, the highest probability is assigned to the category of employees who were absent 0 days last month (0.36), which means that the mode of the distribution is 0 days. Therefore, the best choice is C.

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