Question: One of the major measures of the quality of service provided by any organization is the speed with which the organization responds to customer complaints. A large family-held department store selling furniture and flooring, including carpet, had undergone a major expansion in the past several years. In particular, the flooring department had expanded from 2 installation crews to an installation had expanded from 2 installation crews to an installation supervisor, a measurer, and 15 installation crews. During a recent year, the company got 50 complaints concerning carpet installation. The following data (contained in the file furniter.xls) represent the number of days between the receipt of the complaint and the resolution of the complaint:

54 5 35 137 31 27 152 2 123 81 74 27

11 19 126 110 110 29 61 35 94 31 26 5

12 4 165 32 29 28 29 26 25 1 14 13

13 10 5 27 4 52 30 22 36 26 20 23

a. Construct a frequency distribution and a percentage distribution.

b. Construct a histogram and a percentage polygon.

c. Form a cumulative percentage distribution and plot a cumulative percentage polygon (ogive).

d. On the basis of the results of (a) through (c), if you had to tell the president of the company how long a customer should expect to wait to have a complaint resolved, what would you say? Explain.