A Company Is Interested in Monitoring the Average Time It $\bar { X- }$

question 147

Multiple Choice

A company is interested in monitoring the average time it takes to serve its customers. An appropriate control chart would be

• A) \(\bar { X- }\) chart.
• B) p- chart.
• C) c- chart.
• D) R- chart.

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