After Constructing a New Manufacturing Machine, Five Prototype Integrated Circuit

question 32

Essay

After constructing a new manufacturing machine, five prototype integrated circuit chips are produced and it is found that two are defective and three are acceptable. Assume that two of the chips are randomly selected with replacement from this population. After identifying the 25 possible samples, find the proportion of defects in each of them, using a table to describe the sampling distribution of the proportions of the defects.

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Definitions:

Conformed

The process of adjusting one's behavior or thinking to match those of others, typically in a group context.

Door-In-The-Face Effect

A compliance technique that involves making a large request that is expected to be turned down in order to increase the likelihood that a smaller request will be accepted.

Requests

The act of politely or formally asking for something.

Asch

Refers to the Asch conformity experiments which demonstrate the influence of group pressure on individuals to conform.