Internal Reports on Quality at the Acme Publishing Company Generated

question 75

Multiple Choice

Internal reports on quality at the Acme Publishing Company generated the following information for the Trade Division for the first three months of the year:
$\begin{array}{ll}\text{Total sales}&\$ 1,000,000\\\text{Costs of quality:}&\\\text { Prevention } & 44,000 \\ \text { Appraisal } & 47,000 \\ \text { Internal failure } & 36,000 \\ \text { External failure } & 64,000\end{array}$
Compute the ratio of costs of conformance to total costs of quality.

• A) 44.6%
• B) 47.6%
• C) 50.1%
• D) 100%

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Definitions:

P-Value

Assuming the null hypothesis is applicable, it refers to the chance of recording test results that are at least as notable as the ones actually experienced.

Level Of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, often denoted by alpha (α).

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, tested against the alternative hypothesis.