Andy has been asked to report at a war zone to serve as an officer in the army. Which of the following statements is true in the context of the given situation? a) Andy's employer can require him to take three weeks of paid vacation while he is deployed.
b) Andy's employer is required by federal law to pay him the difference between his military pay and his civilian pay.
c) Andy's employer is required to give him military leave. But, if Andy has been called for training, he should use his personal vacation days rather than take leave.
d) Andy's employer is not required by law to continue to pay him either in total or in part.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?