Abel Alonzo,Director of Human Resources,is exploring employee absenteeism at the Harrison Haulers Plant during the last operating year. A review of all personnel records indicated that absences ranged from zero to twenty-nine days per employee. The following class intervals were proposed for a frequency distribution of absences. Which of the following represents a problem with this set of intervals?
A) There are too few intervals.
B) Some numbers between 0 and 29, inclusively, would not fall into any interval.
C) The first and second interval overlaps.
D) There are too many intervals.
E) The second and the third interval overlap.

Question

Abel Alonzo,Director of Human Resources,is exploring employee absenteeism at the Harrison Haulers Plant during the last operating year. A review of all personnel records indicated that absences ranged from zero to twenty-nine days per employee. The following class intervals were proposed for a frequency distribution of absences.  Which of the following represents a problem with this set of intervals?
A) There are too few intervals. 
B) Some numbers between 0 and 29, inclusively, would not fall into any interval. 
C) The first and second interval overlaps. 
D) There are too many intervals. 
E) The second and the third interval overlap.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Some numbers between 0 and 29, inclusively, would not fall into any interval. This means that there are gaps in the intervals where no data can be placed, leading to inaccurate representation of the distribution of absences.

Abel Alonzo,Director of Human Resources,is Exploring Employee Absenteeism at the Harrison