TABLE 17-1 A Local Newspaper Has 10 Delivery Boys Who Each Deliver

question 60

Multiple Choice

TABLE 17-1
A local newspaper has 10 delivery boys who each deliver the morning paper to 50 customers every day. The owner decides to record the number of papers delivered on time for a 10-day period for one of the delivery boys and construct a p chart to see whether the percentage is too erratic.
-Referring to Table 17-1, which expression best characterizes the p chart?

• A) Cycles
• B) Increasing trend
• C) In-control
• D) Individual outliers

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Definitions:

Miles Per Gallon

A measure of how far a vehicle can travel on one gallon of fuel, commonly used to assess fuel efficiency.

Type of Automobile

A classification of car based on factors such as body style, size, performance, and market segment.

Real Limits

The boundaries or edges of intervals for continuous variables, considering the finest precision of measurement, usually defined as the points halfway between adjacent data values.

Variable

A constituent, characteristic, or determinant that can fluctuate or transform.