THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 79

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
As part of its quality control program,the Scullia Auto Company (SAC)began inspecting all supplier shipments of steel bars and recording the defect rate according to quality criteria such as strength,dimensional characteristics,etc.When SAC began this program,the defect rate in 100 shipments averaged 9%.A recent report indicated an average defect rate of 2.2% in 136 shipments.The quality control department wants to determine,at the 0.05 level of significance,if this represents a significant improvement in the quality of the steel.
-State the null and alternative hypotheses.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Consists of the costs that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent, property taxes, and salaries of permanent employees in a manufacturing facility.

Cost Allocation

The process of identifying, aggregating, and assigning costs to cost objects such as products, services, or departments.

Insulating Allocations

An approach in budgeting where specific costs are assigned or isolated to individual departments or projects to prevent them from affecting others.

Direct Labor Cost

The expense associated with the labor time of workers directly involved in the production of goods or services.