A company decides to investigate the amount of sick leave taken by its employees. A sample of seven employees yields the following numbers of days of sick leave taken in the past year. 1 1 3 0 0 63 D Use this information to answe Click to copy table. a. Find and interpret the range. The range is days. C

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A company decides to investigate the amount of sick leave taken by its employees. A sample of seven employees yields the following numbers of days of sick leave taken in the past year.
1 1 3 0 0 63 D
Use this information to answe Click to copy table.
a. Find and interpret the range.
The range is days.
Transcribed Image Text:A company decides to investigate the amount of sick leave taken by its employees. A sample of seven employees yields the following numbers of days of sick leave taken in the past year. 1 1 3 0 0 63 D Use this information to answe Click to copy table. a. Find and interpret the range. The range is days.
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here given data :-

1,1,3,0,0,6,3

 

Definition of range :-

range is difference between largest value  and smallest value of given data.

 

formula :-

range =largest value - smallest value

 

here smallest value=0,

largest value=6

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A company decides to investigate the amount of sick leave taken by its employees. A sample of seven employees yields the following numbers of days of sick leave taken in the past year.
1 1 3 0 0 63
Use this information to answer parts a through c.
a. Find and interpret the range.
The range is 6 days.
Choose the correct interpretation of the range below.
A. The largest difference between the mean and any other value is equal to the range.
B. The number of days separating the fewest and most sick days taken is equal to the range.
C. The range represents the average distance of an observation from the mean.
D. The range gives the most useful value for measuring the spread of the data.
Transcribed Image Text:A company decides to investigate the amount of sick leave taken by its employees. A sample of seven employees yields the following numbers of days of sick leave taken in the past year. 1 1 3 0 0 63 Use this information to answer parts a through c. a. Find and interpret the range. The range is 6 days. Choose the correct interpretation of the range below. A. The largest difference between the mean and any other value is equal to the range. B. The number of days separating the fewest and most sick days taken is equal to the range. C. The range represents the average distance of an observation from the mean. D. The range gives the most useful value for measuring the spread of the data.
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