Sampling Is Used Heavily in Manufacturing and Service Settings to Ensure

question 12

Multiple Choice

Sampling is used heavily in manufacturing and service settings to ensure high-quality products. In which of the following areas would sampling be inappropriate?

• A) Computer assembly
• B) Custom cabinet making
• C) Cell phone manufacturing
• D) Technical support by phone

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Definitions:

Level of Significance

A threshold used in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of wrongly rejecting a true null hypothesis.

T-test

A statistical method employed to ascertain whether there's a notable difference in the average values of two distinct groups.

Null Hypothesis

A statement positing that there is no significant difference or relationship between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.