A Fast Food Restaurant That Sells Burritos Is Concerned About

question 36

Multiple Choice

A fast food restaurant that sells burritos is concerned about the variability in the amount of filling that different employees place in the burritos. To achieve product consistency it needs this variability to be no more than 1.7 ounces. A sample of n = 18 burritos showed a sample variance of 2.89 ounces. Using a 0.10 level of significance, what can you conclude?

• A) The standards are being met since (test statistic) < (critical value).
• B) The standards are not being met since (test statistic) > (critical value).
• C) The standards are being met since (test statistic) > (critical value).
• D) The standards are not being met since (test statistic) < (critical value).

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Definitions:

Bivariate Statistics

Statistical methods that involve the analysis of two variables simultaneously, for the purposes of determining the empirical relationship between them.

Anomalous Data

Data points that deviate significantly from the rest of the data, indicating a potential error or an unusual occurrence.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, commonly referred to as the mean, median, or mode.