Alice's Cookie Company Makes a Variety of Cookies for Corporate

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Alice's Cookie Company makes a variety of cookies for corporate accounts and restaurants. On a good day, the orders can range from 600 to 800 cookies, with a variety of uniqueness, although the company is known for delicate shortbread and butter cookies. Some cookies have round shapes, but others are elongated rectangles, and yet others are triangles. The bakers can quickly change the cookie cutting machine to reflect the orders for the day, while computers program the ovens to make those cookies the light golden color they are known for across town. Refrigeration is also computer controlled. Alice's Cookie Company embraces flexible manufacturing and mass customization.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of variability that represents the average amount by which individual scores in a distribution vary from the mean.

Variance

A measure of variability that represents the mean of all squared deviation scores.

Nominal

Scale used to classify or categorize data into groups that have different names but are not related to each other in any other systematic way.

Scale of Measurement

The method or standard used to quantify the variables researchers are interested in, such as nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales.