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. 0 1 4 0 1 5 3 Use this information to answer part c. Find and interpret the standard deviation s. __________
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Given data: 0, 1, 4, 0, 1, 5, 3 Mean (X bar) = (0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 5 + 3) / 7 Mean (X bar) = 14 / 7 Mean (X bar) = 2 Show more…
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