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 is the most frequently occurring value in the distribution. In this case, the most frequent value is 0 days absent, with a probability of 0.39. Therefore, the mode of the distribution is 0 days.

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