TABLE 17-9
The manufacturer of cat food constructed control charts and analyzed several quality characteristics. One characteristic of interest is the weight of the filled cans. The lower specification limit for weight is 2.95 pounds. The table below provides the range and mean of the weights of five cans tested every fifteen minutes during a day's production.
-Referring to Table 17-9, based on the 
chart, it appears that the process is in control.
Definitions:
Error of Estimation
The difference between an estimated value and the true value, often used in statistics to assess the accuracy of estimations.
Estimated Parameter
In statistics, a value derived from a sample that estimates a population parameter.
Estimate
An approximation or prediction of a value based on sample data.
Interval Estimate
An interval of values, taken from data sampling, expected to capture the value of a not-yet-known population measure.
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