A Certain Manufacturer Is Interested in Evaluating Two Alternative Manufacturing

question 16

Multiple Choice

A certain manufacturer is interested in evaluating two alternative manufacturing plans consisting of different machine layouts. Because of union rules, hours of operation vary greatly for this
Particular manufacturer from one day to the next. Twenty-eight random working days were
Selected and each plan was monitored and the number of items produced each day was recorded.
Some of the collected data is shown below: $$\begin{array} { c | c | c } \text { DAY } & \text { PLAN 1 OUTPUT } & \text { PLAN 2 OUTPUT } \\\hline 1 & 1234 \text { units } & 1311 \text { units } \\2 & 1355 \text { units } & 1366 \text { units } \\3 & 1300 \text { units } & 1289 \text { units }\end{array}$$ What type of analysis will best allow the manufacturer to determine which plan is more effective?

• A)An independent samples comparison of population proportions.
• B)A test of a single population proportion.
• C)A paired difference comparison of population means.
• D)An independent samples comparison of population means.

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