SCENARIO 18-6
the Maker of a Packaged Candy Wants to Evaluate

question 42

Short Answer

SCENARIO 18-6
The maker of a packaged candy wants to evaluate the quality of her production process. On each of
16 consecutive days, she samples 600 bags of candy and determines the number in each day's sample
that she considers to be of poor quality. The data that she developed follow. $$\begin{array} { r c c } \underline {\text { Day }} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number } \\\underline {\text { Poor }}\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Proportion } \\\underline {\text { Poor }}\end{array} \\1 & 33 & 0.0550000 \\2 & 29 & 0.0483333 \\3 & 31 & 0.0516667 \\4 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\5 & 43 & 0.0716667 \\6 & 45 & 0.0750000 \\7 & 46 & 0.0766667 \\8 & 48 & 0.0800000 \\9 & 48 & 0.0800000 \\10 & 46 & 0.0766667 \\11 & 28 & 0.0466667 \\12 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\13 & 28 & 0.0466667 \\14 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\15 & 31 & 0.0516667 \\16 & 24 & 0.0400000\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 18-6, the estimate of the proportion of poor quality bags of candy is
__________.

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Definitions:

Required Return

The lowest percentage of return per annum that draws in companies or individuals to invest in a particular security or project.

IRR

Internal rate of return; a financial metric used to assess the profitability of investments by calculating the rate of return where net present value of all cash flows (both positive and negative) from a project equals zero.

Project

A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

Payback Criterion

A capital budgeting method that measures the time required to recoup the initial investment in a project.