To Monitor the Number of Blemishes on a Polished Surface

question 97

Multiple Choice

To monitor the number of blemishes on a polished surface, a company randomly selects 10 units of output from its process and counts the number of blemishes on each unit. The sample results are shown below: Given the sample information above, the standard deviation of the number of defects for this process would be

• A) 16.
• B) 10.
• C) 1.56.
• D) 0.

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