Minitools 2 Flu Shot

Tom Schnoor Minitools Assignment 11-27-07

1. Comparing people that took the flu shot to people that didn’t take the flu shot, and seeing the difference in the amount of days that they missed is significant. But the numbers only start getting significant after 2 missed days. There is difference between people that took the flu shot and people that didn’t take the flu shot by sixteen who missed 0 to 2 days of work. There were fifty five who didn’t take the flu shot that missed work, which was sixteen more compared to the thirty nine that missed and did take the flu shot. The numbers almost double when comparing those that took the flue shot that missed and those that didn’t take that flu shot and missed when looking at the people that missed 2 to 4 days of work. Nearly four times the number of people that took the shot and missed work is equal to the number of people that didn’t take the shot and missed work. The gap between the numbers of people that took the shot and those that didn’t take it only grows more and more bigger as the days they miss gets bigger. Considering that there is significant more amount of people that missed and didn’t take the flu shot compared to those that missed and did take the flu shot, I would suggest that giving out free flu shots would be a very wise decision. 2. The first half of the people that took a flu shot only missed 0-11/2 days where as the first half o those that didn’t take the flu shot missed 0 -3 days. Also the first ¾ of the people who took the shot only missed 0-3 days where as the first ¾ of the people that didn’t take the shot missed 0-5 days. 3. Fixed Interval Width was a much more helpful option when trying to create reasons with numbers behind the reasons, as to why giving out the flu shot would be better. I say that because Fixed Interval Width gave numbers of how many people were represented in each interval. It was very easy to compare people that missed 0-2 days that took the shot with those that didn’t take the shot. You could see if numbers doubled or tripled easily. Although it was very convenient when looking at the “Four Equal Groups” to see that the first ¾ of the people that took the shot only missed 0-3 days opposed to those that didn’t take it who missed 0-5 days. But when there are numbers right above the different segments its more convincing to me to see which set of people were more numerous.