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

question 26

Short Answer

SCENARIO 3-14-B
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-DataB.XLSX. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 493 & 506 & 515 & 491 & 500 & 505 & 517 & 510 & 506 & 503 \\503 & 491 & 495 & 496 & 496 & 505 & 493 & 486 & 504 & 483 \\514 & 494 & 497 & 501 & 493 & 490 & 510 & 494 & 494 & 495 \\494 & 486 & 495 & 506 & 506 & 507 & 502 & 498 & 510 & 501 \\500 & 505 & 492 & 486 & 501 & 496 & 501 & 521 & 510 & 498\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 3-14-B, what type of shape does the distribution of the sample appear to
have based on the boxplot?

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Definitions:

Biomarker

Molecular evidence of life in the fossil record. Biomarkers can include fragments of DNA, molecules such as amino acids, or isotopic ratios.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that combine to form proteins, serving as the building blocks of life and playing a central role in biological processes.

Carbon-13:Carbon-12

This ratio is used in scientific studies to understand various processes such as photosynthesis and to trace the path of carbon through ecosystems due to the distinct signatures of carbon-13 and carbon-12.

Hominin Diet

The range of foods consumed by human ancestors and relatives, which varied significantly over time and with environmental conditions.