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The time needed for performing a machining operation is to be investigated. Historically, the process has had a standard deviation equal to 0.146 minutes. The means (in minutes) of 39 samples of n = 6 are:
sample |
mean |
sample |
mean |
sample |
mean |
1 |
3.86 |
14 |
3.81 |
27 |
3.81 |
2 |
3.90 |
15 |
3.83 |
28 |
3.86 |
3 |
3.83 |
16 |
3.86 |
29 |
3.98 |
4 |
3.81 |
17 |
3.82 |
30 |
3.96 |
5 |
3.84 |
18 |
3.86 |
31 |
3.88 |
6 |
3.83 |
19 |
3.84 |
32 |
3.76 |
7 |
3.87 |
20 |
3.87 |
33 |
3.83 |
8 |
3.88 |
21 |
3.84 |
34 |
3.77 |
9 |
3.84 |
22 |
3.82 |
35 |
3.86 |
10 |
3.80 |
23 |
3.89 |
36 |
3.80 |
11 |
3.88 |
24 |
3.86 |
37 |
3.84 |
12 |
3.86 |
25 |
3.88 |
38 |
3.79 |
13 |
3.88 |
26 |
3.90 |
39 |
3.85 |
the averagee of the 39-sample means is equal to 3.85. construct an xbar-chart for this process with two-sigma limits. Is the process in control?
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