SCENARIO 8-13-A
You Are the Quality Control Manager of a Water

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SCENARIO 8-13-A
You are the quality control manager of a water bottles company. One of the biggest complaints in the
past years has been the breakage and, hence, the concern on the durability of the connector between
the lid and the bottle which many users use as a handle for the bottles. To collect evidence before
implementing any modification to the production process, your department has subjected 50 water
bottle to durability test and the following data on the number of times the handles have been used to
lift the bottles before they break are contained in the file Scenario8-13-DataA.XLSX. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 495 & 499 & 502 & 500 & 491 & 498 & 498 & 495 & 488 & 516 \\513 & 486 & 504 & 503 & 493 & 504 & 489 & 500 & 495 & 499 \\501 & 507 & 511 & 496 & 486 & 497 & 510 & 504 & 493 & 482 \\511 & 502 & 520 & 514 & 486 & 514 & 500 & 505 & 512 & 500 \\504 & 498 & 503 & 514 & 474 & 489 & 488 & 506 & 517 & 490\end{array}$$ Assume that the population standard deviation is 5 and the number of times the handles have been
used to lift the bottles before they break follows a normal distribution.
-Referring to Scenario 8-13-A, 95% of the sample means will fall between the
computed lower and upper limit of the 95% confidence interval for the mean number of times the
handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break.

Identify the conditions under which firms in a cartel arrangement maximize joint profits.

Understand the basic concepts of Cournot and Bertrand models in oligopoly contexts.

Comprehend the Stackelberg leadership model and its implications on market dynamics.

Calculate equilibria in various oligopolistic market structures, including Cournot and Stackelberg competition.

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