The number of days between the receipt of a customer complaint and the resolution of the complaint, for a carpet installation company was collected. This data was used to generate the following boxplot and summary data.                              Days         Mean 43.0   5 Number Summary Standard Error 5.9   Minimum 1 Median 28.5   Q1 15.25 Mode 5.0   Median 28.5 Standard Deviation 41.9   Q3 53.5 Sample Variance 1757.8   Maximum 165 Kurtosis 1.3       Skewness 1.5       Range 164.0       Minimum 1.0       Maximum 165.0       Sum 2152.0       Count 50.0           (a)  Interpret the measures of central tendency.     (b)  Interpret the measures of variability. (c)  Describe the shape of the data.     (d)  What can you conclude about how long a customer should expect to wait to have a complaint resolved?

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The number of days between the receipt of a customer complaint and the resolution of the complaint, for a carpet installation company was collected. This data was used to generate the following boxplot and summary data.

                        

 

 

Days

 

     

Mean

43.0

 

5 Number Summary

Standard Error

5.9

 

Minimum

1

Median

28.5

 

Q1

15.25

Mode

5.0

 

Median

28.5

Standard Deviation

41.9

 

Q3

53.5

Sample Variance

1757.8

 

Maximum

165

Kurtosis

1.3

     

Skewness

1.5

     

Range

164.0

     

Minimum

1.0

     

Maximum

165.0

     

Sum

2152.0

     

Count

50.0

     

 

 

(a)  Interpret the measures of central tendency.    

(b)  Interpret the measures of variability.

(c)  Describe the shape of the data.    

(d)  What can you conclude about how long a customer should expect to wait to have a complaint resolved?

 

 

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