An Assembly Plant Has Experienced the Following Daily Absenteeism Over

question 32

Essay

An assembly plant has experienced the following daily absenteeism over the past 30 days.
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Nurmber of Employees Absent } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { Nurmber of Days } & 4 & 6 & 10 & 4 & 6 \\\hline\end{array}$$
a.Use the historical data to estimate the probability distribution of absenteeism.
b.What is the theoretical expected absenteeism?
c.Use Crystal Ball to simulate 1000 sample absenteeism values.
d.Compare the mean of the 1000 sample values with the theoretical expected mean.

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