A School District Performed a Study to Find the Main

question 57

Essay

A school district performed a study to find the main causes leading to its students dropping out of school.
Thirty cases were analyzed, and a primary cause was assigned to each case. The causes included unexcused
absences (U), illness (I), family problems (F), and other causes (O). The results for the thirty cases are listed
below: $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | c c c c c c c c c c | } \hline \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { O } & \mathrm { O } & \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { F } \\\mathrm { F } & \mathrm { O } & \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { O } & \mathrm { U } \\\mathrm { I } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { U } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { I } & \mathrm { O } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { U } \\\hline\end{array}\\\text { Construct a table summarizing the frequency distribution of the primary causes leading to student dropout. }\\\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Cause } & \text { Frequency } \\\hline & \\& \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$

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