SCENARIO 3-14-A
You Are the Quality Control Manager of a Water

question 37

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SCENARIO 3-14-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 100 water
bottles to a 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 Scenario3-14-DataA.XLSX. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 495 & 499 & 502 & 500 & 491 & 498 & 498 & 495 & 488 & 516 \\513 & 486 & 504 & 503 & 493 & 504 & 489 & 500 & 495 & 499 \\501 & 507 & 511 & 496 & 486 & 497 & 510 & 504 & 493 & 482 \\511 & 502 & 520 & 514 & 486 & 514 & 500 & 505 & 512 & 500 \\504 & 498 & 503 & 514 & 474 & 489 & 488 & 506 & 517 & 490\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 3-14-A, the first quartile of the number of times the handles have been
used to lift the bottles before they break in this sample is ________.

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Definitions:

Unanticipated Ways

Events or outcomes that occur in a manner not previously expected or predicted.

Avoided

The action of deliberately keeping away from or not doing something.

Conflict Management

The practice of identifying and handling conflicts in a sensible, fair, and efficient manner, with the aim of improving learning and group outcomes.

Negotiation Strategies

The plans or methods used to come to mutually agreeable terms in a dispute or discussion.