Management Is Concerned That Workers Create More Product Defects at the Very

question 53

Essay

Management is concerned that workers create more product defects at the very beginning and end of a work shift than at other times of their eight-hour workday. Construct a scatter diagram with the following data, collected last week. Is management justified in its belief? $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & { \text { Number of Defects } } \\\hline & \text { Monday } & \text { Tuesday } & \text { Wednesday } & \text { Thursday } & \text { Friday } \\\hline \text { First hour at work } & 12 & 9 & 6 & 8 & 7 \\\hline \text { Second hour at work } & 6 & 5 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\\hline \text { Third hour at work } & 5 & 2 & 4 & 3 & 3 \\\hline \text { Fourth hour at work } & 4 & 0 & 5 & 2 & 3 \\\hline \text { Fifth hour at work } & 1 & 6 & 2 & 4 & 5 \\\hline \text { Sixth hour at work } & 4 & 3 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\\hline \text { Seventh hour at work } & 7 & 4 & 4 & 6 & 3 \\\hline \text { Eighth hour at work } & 5 & 7 & 8 & 5 & 9 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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