The Following Data of Causes of Absenteeism for a Fellow

Essay

The following data of causes of absenteeism for a fellow student for the year just completed were available.
$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Reason\# }&\text { Cause of Absenteeism }&\text { Number of Occurrences }\\1 & \text { Personal Illness } & 14 \\2 & \text { A child's illness } & 31 \\3 & \text { Car broke down } & 10 \\4 & \text { Personal emergency } & 38 \\5 & \text { Overslept } & 11 \\6 & \text { Unexplained visitor } & 13\end{array}$ Required:
1. Use the above information to construct a histogram.
2.Use the information from requirement (1) to prepare a Pareto diagram.
(Note: In constructing the above two items, you can use the information in column 1 to describe each of the identified causes. That is, you can use the reference numbers rather than the actual verbal descriptions presented in column 2.)
3. Within the context of managing and control quality, what is the primary purpose played by tools such as histograms and Pareto diagrams?