Instruction 18-5
the Maker of a Packaged Candy Wants to Evaluate

question 101

Short Answer

Instruction 18-5
The maker of a packaged candy wants to evaluate the quality of her production process.On each of 16 consecutive days,she samples 600 bags of candy and determines the number in each day's sample that she considers to be of poor quality.The data that she developed follow.
$\begin{array}{ccc}&Number&Proportion\\Day&Poor&Poor\\\hline1 & 33 & 0.0550000 \\2 & 29 & 0.0483333 \\3 & 31 & 0.0516667 \\4 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\5 & 43 & 0.0716667 \\6 & 45 & 0.0750000 \\7 & 46 & 0.0766667 \\8 & 48 & 0.0800000 \\9 & 48 & 0.0800000 \\10 & 46 & 0.0766667 \\11 & 28 & 0.0466667 \\12 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\13 & 28 & 0.0466667 \\14 & 32 & 0.0533333 \\15 & 31 & 0.0516667 \\16 & 24 & 0.0400000\end{array}$
-Referring to Instruction 18-5,a p control chart is to be constructed for these data.The estimate of the standard error of the sample proportion is ________.

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Definitions:

Glucose

An essential sugar which is a key source of energy for living entities and a constituent of various carbohydrates.

Disaccharide

A class of sugars composed of two monosaccharide molecules bonded together, such as sucrose or lactose.

Hydrogen Ion

A positively charged atom of hydrogen, symbolized as H+, crucial in acid-base balance and cellular energy processes.

pH Test Strip

A piece of paper or plastic that changes color when dipped into a solution, allowing for the measurement of the solution's acidity or alkalinity.