Abel Alonzo, Director of Human Resources, Is Exploring Employee Absenteeism

question 98

Multiple Choice

Abel Alonzo, Director of Human Resources, is exploring employee absenteeism at Harrison Haulers, Inc.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. $\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{l}\text { Absences}\\\text { (Days) }\\\text { 0 -under 5}\\\text { 5-under 10}\\\text { 10-under 15}\\\text { 20 -under 25}\\\text { 25 -under 30}\\\end{array}\begin{array}{r}\text { Number of Employees }\\\\-\\-\\-\\-\\-\\\end{array}\end{array}$

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.

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