TABLE 18-6
the Maker of a Packaged Candy

question 67

Short Answer

TABLE 18-6
The maker of a packaged candy wants to evaluate the quality of her production process. On each of 16 consecutive days, she samples 600 bags of candy and determines the number in each day's sample that she considers to be of poor quality. The data that she developed follows.
$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Day }&\text { Number Poor}&\text { Proportion Poor }\\\hline1 & 33 & 0.0550000 \\ 2 & 29 & 0.0483333 \\3 & 31 & 0.0516667 \\4 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\5 & 43 & 0.0716667 \\6 & 45 & 0.0750000 \\7 & 46 & 0.0766667 \\8 & 48 & 0.0800000 \\9 & 48 & 0.0800000 \\10 & 46 & 0.0766667 \\11 & 28 & 0.0466667 \\12 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\13 & 28 & 0.0466667 \\14 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\15 & 31 & 0.0516667 \\16 & 24 & 0.0400000\end{array}$


-Referring to Table 18-6, a p control chart is to be constructed for these data. The estimate of the standard error of the sample proportion is
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Definitions:

Destroyed

To have been made unusable or ruined beyond repair.

Performance

In contract law, performance refers to the fulfillment of a contractual duty, as promised in a contract.

Place of Delivery

The specific location agreed upon by the parties in a contract where goods are to be delivered or services are to be provided.

Seller's Place

The location stipulated in a contract where the seller is expected to deliver goods or perform services.