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SCENARIO 18-3
a Quality Control Analyst for a Light Bulb

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SCENARIO 18-3
A quality control analyst for a light bulb manufacturer is concerned that the time it takes to produce a
batch of light bulbs is too erratic. Accordingly, the analyst randomly surveys 10 production periods
each day for 14 days and records the sample mean and range for each day.  Day Xˉ (in minutes)  R158.55.1247.67.8364.36.1460.65.7563.76.2657.56.0755.05.4854.96.1955.05.91062.75.01161.97.11260.06.51358.35.91452.05.2\begin{array}{ccc} \underline{\text { Day } }& \underline{\bar{X} \text { (in minutes) }} & \underline{\text {R}}\\1 & 58.5 & 5.1 \\2 & 47.6 & 7.8 \\3 & 64.3 & 6.1 \\4 & 60.6 & 5.7 \\5 & 63.7 & 6.2 \\6 & 57.5 & 6.0 \\7 & 55.0 & 5.4 \\8 & 54.9 & 6.1 \\9 & 55.0 & 5.9 \\10 & 62.7 & 5.0 \\11 & 61.9 & 7.1 \\12 & 60.0 & 6.5 \\13 & 58.3 & 5.9 \\14 & 52.0 & 5.2\end{array}

-Referring to Scenario 18-3, suppose the analyst constructs an R chart to see if the variability in production times is in-control. What is the upper control limit for this R chart?


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