Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073401331
Author: William Navidi Prof.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.3, Problem 2E
The target fill weight for a box of cereal is 350 g. Each day a sample of 300 boxes is taken, and the number that arc underweight is counted. The number of under-weight boxes for each of the last 25 days is as follows:
23 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 25 |
30 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 29 |
- a. Compute the upper and lower 3σ limits for a p chart.
- b. Is the process in control? If not. when is it first detected to be out of control?
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Exhibit 10-11An insurance company selected samples of clients under 18 years of age and over 18 and recorded the number of accidents they had in the previous year. The results are shown below.
Under Age 18
Over Age 18
n1 = 500
n2 = 600
Number of accidents = 180
Number of accidents = 150
We are interested in determining if the accident proportions differ between the two age groups.
Refer to Exhibit 10.11. The p-value is _____.
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Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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