1 Star | 2 Stars | 3 Stars | 4 Stars | Total | |
Employee A | 16 | 49 | 72 | 8 | 145 |
Employee B |
4 |
10 | 22 | 34 | 70 |
Employee C | 8 | 56 | 45 | 16 | 125 |
Employee D | 22 | 42 | 84 | 12 | 160 |
Total | 50 | 157 | 223 | 70 | 500 |
A supervisor at a call center reviewed 500 calls taken by four employees and rated the employees’ performance on each call on a scale from 1 star to 4 stars. The ratings for each employee are shown in the table above. According to the table, to the nearest whole percent, what percent of Employee A’s calls received a rating of 1 star?
3%
11%
16%
32%
Choice B is correct. The percent of Employee A’s calls that received a rating of 1 star is the number of Employee A’s 1-star calls divided by the total number of Employee A’s calls. This quotient, , is approximately equal to
, or
. To the nearest whole percent, this is 11%.
Choice A is incorrect. This is the percent of all calls taken by Employee A that received a rating of 1 star. Choice C is incorrect and may result from a conceptual error. For example, 16 is the number, not the percent, of calls taken by Employee A that received a rating of 1 star. Choice D is incorrect. This is the percent of all calls that received a rating of 1 star that were taken by Employee A.