The Baldrige Award Is Intended to

question 115

Multiple Choice

The Baldrige Award is intended to

• A) Demonstrate that American companies are better than their foreign competitors
• B) Certify suppliers
• C) Reward and stimulate quality initiatives
• D) Focus national attention on manufacturing
• E) Add structure to TQM

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Definitions:

Sample Sizes

The number of observations or data points from the population used to make estimations about the population.

Critical Value Z

A threshold value on the standard normal distribution used in hypothesis testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It is used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Critical Value(s)

The threshold values used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis, based on the chosen significance level.