A company's contractual "trigger" point for a union absenteeism penalty is a certain distance above the mean days missed by all
workers. Now the company wants to switch the trigger to a certain distance above the median days missed for all workers. (a) Check the appropriate distribution of missed days for all workers (symmetric, skewed left, skewed right). Symmetric Skewed Left Skewed Right (b) Pick the probable effect on the trigger point of switching from the mean to the median. Switching would trigger the penalty sooner. Switching would trigger the penalty later. Switching will not trigger a penalty. (c) What position would the union be likely to take on the company's proposed switch? The union would oppose the change. The union would be neutral. The union would agree to the change.
