SCENARIO 18-5
a Manufacturer of Computer Disks Took Samples of 240

question 143

True/False

SCENARIO 18-5
A manufacturer of computer disks took samples of 240 disks on 15 consecutive days. The number of
disks with bad sectors was determined for each of these samples. The results are in the table that
follows. $\begin{array}{ccc} \underline{\text { Day }}& \underline{\text { Bad }} & \underline{ \% \mathrm{Bad}}\\1 & 9 & 0.037500 \\2 & 7 & 0.029167 \\3 & 4 & 0.016667 \\4 & 6 & 0.025000 \\5 & 8 & 0.033333 \\6 & 3 & 0.012500 \\7 & 6 & 0.025000 \\8 & 10 & 0.041667 \\9 & 16 & 0.06667 \\10 & 24 & 0.100000 \\11 & 15 & 0.062500 \\12 & 9 & 0.037500 \\13 & 4 & 0.016667 \\14 & 8 & 0.033333 \\15 & 6 & 0.025000\end{array}$

-Referring to Scenario 18-5, the process seems to be in control.

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