A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following probability distribution shows the likelihood that people were absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days last month. What is the mode of the distribution?
A) 0.72 days
B) 2.5 days
C) 0 days
D) 3 days

Question

A company is studying the number of monthly absences among its 125 employees. The following probability distribution shows the likelihood that people were absent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days last month.  What is the mode of the distribution?
A) 0.72 days 
B) 2.5 days 
C) 0 days 
D) 3 days

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mode of a distribution is the value that appears most frequently. In this case, the value that appears most frequently is 0, which corresponds to the highest probability (0.44). Therefore, the mode is 0 days.

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