Instruction 18-8
a Supplier of Silicone Sheets for Producers of Computer

question 31

True/False

Instruction 18-8
A supplier of silicone sheets for producers of computer chips wants to evaluate her manufacturing process. She takes a sample size of five from each day's output and counts the number of blemishes on each silicone sheet. The results from 20 days of such evaluations are presented below. She also decides that the upper specification limit is 10 blemishes.
$\begin{array}{llllllll}\text{Day}&1&2&3&4&5&\text{Mean}&\text{Range}\\\hline1 & 8 & 10 & 14 & 6 & 5 & 8.6 & 9 \\2 & 8 & 13 & 6 & 6 & 10 & 8.6 & 7 \\3 & 10 & 12 & 7 & 7 & 9 & 9.0 & 5 \\4 & 5 & 9 & 12 & 7 & 10 & 8.6 & 7 \\5 & 8 & 3 & 8 & 9 & 10 & 7.6 & 7 \\6 & 9 & 7 & 9 & 6 & 9 & 8.0 & 3 \\7 & 10 & 10 & 5 & 7 & 6 & 7.6 & 5 \\8 & 10 & 9 & 10 & 6 & 5 & 8.0 & 5 \\9 & 6 & 10 & 6 & 9 & 9 & 8.0 & 4 \\10 & 6 & 9 & 8 & 6 & 8 & 7.4 & 3 \\11 & 8 & 5 & 6 & 10 & 10 & 7.8 & 5 \\12 & 6 & 4 & 7 & 7 & 12 & 7.2 & 8 \\13 & 7 & 5 & 7 & 6 & 9 & 6.8 & 4 \\14 & 5 & 8 & 8 & 7 & 6 & 6.8 & 3 \\15 & 7 & 12 & 10 & 6 & 10 & 9.0 & 6 \\16 & 7 & 11 & 4 & 7 & 8 & 7.4 & 7 \\17 & 8 & 4 & 5 & 4 & 7 & 5.6 & 4 \\18 & 11 & 4 & 11 & 11 & 10 & 9.4 & 7 \\19 & 6 & 10 & 6 & 10 & 10 & 8.4 & 4 \\20 & 6 & 12 & 12 & 6 & 8 & 8.8 & 6\end{array}$
-Referring to Instruction 18-8,based on the chart for the number of blemishes,it appears that the process is out of control.

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