Cumulative Frequency Distribution of Absenteeism: Employees between 3 and 5 Days

Employees between 3 and 5 Days

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A cumulative frequency distribution on days absent during a calendar year by employees of a manufacturing company is shown below.

Days Absent Cumulative Number of Employees

0 - 260

3 - 531

6 - 814

9 - 116

12 - 142

How many employees were absent between 3 and 5 days?

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To find the number of people absent between 3-5 days, we need to get the difference in the cumulative number of employees between the 3-5 days group and the group after it, the 6-8 group. So we have 31 - 14 = 17.