Ten Samples of N = 5 Were Collected to Construct

question 24

Multiple Choice

Ten samples of n = 5 were collected to construct an chart.The sample mean and range for each sample are shown in the table below. Calculate the empirical centerline for the R chart.

• A) 20.8
• B) 17.2
• C) 18.1
• D) 19.4

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