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TABLE 12-10 One Criterion Used to Evaluate Employees in the Assembly Section

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TABLE 12-10
One criterion used to evaluate employees in the assembly section of a large factory is the number of defective pieces per 1,000 parts produced. The quality control department wants to find out whether there is a relationship between years of experience and defect rate. Since the job is repetitious, after the initial training period any improvement due to a learning effect might be offset by a loss of motivation. A defect rate is calculated for each worker in a yearly evaluation. The results for 100 workers are given in the table below.
TABLE 12-10 One criterion used to evaluate employees in the assembly section of a large factory is the number of defective pieces per 1,000 parts produced. The quality control department wants to find out whether there is a relationship between years of experience and defect rate. Since the job is repetitious, after the initial training period any improvement due to a learning effect might be offset by a loss of motivation. A defect rate is calculated for each worker in a yearly evaluation. The results for 100 workers are given in the table below.    -Referring to Table 12-10, what is the expected number of employees with 1 to 4 years of training time and a high defect rate? A)  12.00 B)  8.64 C)  6.67 D)  6.00
-Referring to Table 12-10, what is the expected number of employees with 1 to 4 years of training time and a high defect rate?


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