A Manufacturing Plant Is Considering Outsourcing Its Production of Tires

question 17

Multiple Choice

A manufacturing plant is considering outsourcing its production of tires. There are 5 risk areas in which the decision will be based. The current plant had scores of 1, 2, 4, 8, 2 while the outsourced plant had scores of 3, 2, 4, 2, 5. What is the current plant's score if high scores indicate low risk and an unweighted factor method is applied?

• A) 14
• B) 15
• C) 16
• D) 17
• E) none of the above

Understand the concept and calculation of cumulative percent frequency.

Recognize characteristics of data distribution, including skewness.

Distinguish between frequency, relative frequency, cumulative frequency, and percent frequency.

Calculate and interpret percentages from a crosstabulation.

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Definitions:

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