A Quality Control Chart Is Used to Monitor the Customer

question 16

Multiple Choice

A quality control chart is used to monitor the customer wait time at a local call center. Sample means of five times are averaged and plotted over time. The last fifty sample means are randomly distributed between the upper and lower control limits. The process is

• A) out-of-control.
• B) in-control.
• C) improving.
• D) showing assignable variation.

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