An Operator of a Filling Machine Plotted the Weights of Each

question 123

Multiple Choice

An operator of a filling machine plotted the weights of each bag she filled for three weeks. At the same time, a quality inspector randomly took groups of five bags of the same output and plotted the average weights of the samples. The inspector's sampling distribution will:

• A) have greater variability than the operator's distribution.
• B) have less variability than the operator's distribution.
• C) show if the output has been produced to the operator's specifications.
• D) have a mean five times greater than the operator's distribution.

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