A healthcare facility that has a reputation for providing patients with consistently high-quality treatment has recently experienced problems with its computer system. The computer system has been malfunctioning, making it difficult for practitioners to access all of the details in patient records before treatment. The result has been several weeks of unusually sub-standard treatment for patients. Which of the following best describes this type of statistical variation for the healthcare facility?

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A healthcare facility that has a reputation for providing patients with consistently high-quality treatment has recently experienced problems with its computer system. The computer system has been malfunctioning, making it difficult for practitioners to access all of the details in patient records before treatment. The result has been several weeks of unusually sub-standard treatment for patients. Which of the following best describes this type of statistical variation for the healthcare facility?