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ISBN: 9781259924163

Author: Lind

Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY

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Chapter 2, Problem 5SR

A sample of the hourly wages of 15 employees at Home Depot in Brunswick, Georgia, was organized into the following table.

Chapter 2, Problem 5SR, A sample of the hourly wages of 15 employees at Home Depot in Brunswick, Georgia, was organized into

(a) What is the table called?
(b) Develop a cumulative frequency distribution and portray the distribution in a cumulative frequency polygon.
(c) On the basis of the cumulative frequency polygon, how many employees earn less than $11 per hour?

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Solution Summary: The author explains the frequency table as a collection of mutually exclusive and exhaustive classes, which shows the number of observations in each class.

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