Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 15

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
A company manufacturing computer chips finds that 8% of all chips manufactured are defective. Management is concerned that high employee turnover is partially responsible for the high defect rate. In an effort to decrease the percentage of defective chips, management decides to provide additional training to those employees hired within the last year. After training was implemented, a sample of 450 chips revealed only 27 defects. Was the additional training effective in lowering the defect rate?
-At α = 0.01

• A) We can conclude that the additional training significantly lowered the defect rate.
• B) We can conclude that the additional training did not significantly lower the defect rate.
• C) We can conclude that the additional training significantly increased the defect rate.
• D) We can conclude that the additional training did not affect the defect rate.
• E) No conclusion can be made with the given information.

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Definitions:

Public Interest

The welfare or well-being of the general public and society as a whole, often considered in policy-making and law.

Efficient Combination

The optimal mix of goods and services produced with given resources to achieve maximum value or output.

Total Quantity

The overall amount or volume of a product or resource available or produced.

Unit of Output

The measurement of what is produced or accomplished within a given timeframe or per cycle of operation, typically associated with productivity.