TABLE 12-14 A Filling Machine at a Local Soft Drinks Company Is

question 10

Multiple Choice

TABLE 12-14
A filling machine at a local soft drinks company is calibrated to fill the cans at an average amount of 12 fluid ounces and a standard deviation of 0.5 ounces. The company wants to test whether the standard deviation of the amount filled by the machine is indeed 0.5 ounces. A random sample of 15 cans filled by the machine reveals a standard deviation of 0.67 ounces.
-Referring to Table 12-14, which is the appropriate test to use?

• A) ?²-test of population variance
• B) Wilcoxon rank sum test
• C) Wilcoxon signed ranks test
• D)?²-test of independence

Understand the role of negligence in product liability and the requirement of cause in fact and proximate cause.

Recognize the significance of quality control and the duty to warn in preventing product liability.

Acknowledge the impact of strict liability on promoting product safety.

Understand the criteria for defining a product as defective and the respective liabilities for manufacturing, design, and warning defects.

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