A Methods and Measurements Analyst Needs to Develop a Time

question 134

Multiple Choice

A Methods and Measurements Analyst needs to develop a time standard for a certain task.In a preliminary study,he observed one of his employees perform this task five times,with the following results: How many observations should be made if the analyst wants to be 99.74 percent confident that the maximum error in the observed time is two seconds? Assume that the standard deviation of task times is 4 seconds.

• A)5
• B)6
• C)25
• D)36
• E)49

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