After Collecting a New Sample and Determining Its Average, Which

question 33

Multiple Choice

After collecting a new sample and determining its average, which of the following should NOT be done?

• A) Recalculate the control chart with the new information.
• B) Plot the sample average into the existing control chart.
• C) Check whether the new sample gives reason to believe that the process is not in control.
• D) If the sample average is above the upper control limit, the process should be investigated.

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Definitions:

Engineering Notation

A version of scientific notation in which powers of ten are used, and the exponent is a multiple of three.

Prefix

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Stamp Act Congress

A meeting of delegates from several American colonies in 1765, formed to protest the British Stamp Act and organize resistance.

Declaratory Act

A law passed by the British Parliament in 1766 stating that the British government had the same power to tax and make laws for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever" as it did in Britain.