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A Green Belt conducted a study to determine if training was effective at reducing the
time it takes to process orders. The process is not automated and is highly dependent on
the knowledge and skill level of individual processors.
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salaries of research scientists and their years of experience, and
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nts to model the relationship between the
d their years of experience, and an index of
ny wants to test the interactions between all
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5.99 A liquid detergent company wants to assess whether its process is in control.
company makes the liquid detergent in batches by mixing together a numbe
6.11 ingredients. The quality characteristic of interest is the pH value for each bat
6.13 Measurements of the pH value for 25 consecutive batches were taken.
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er its process is in control. The
mixing together a number of
the pH value for each batch.
tive batches were taken.
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mm long to meet engineering specifications. There has been a chronic
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collect a total of 100 observations (20 samples of 5 camshafts each) f
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plant. One of the parts, a camshaft, must be 600 mm +2
There has been a chronic problem with camshaft length
or-fitting assemblies, resulting in high scrap and rework
charts to monitor this characteristic, so for a month, you
ples of 5 camshafts each) from all the camshafts used at
vations from each of your suppliers.
Weight
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3.0627 A canning company wants to assess whether its can-filling pro
3.0412 collected 15 subgroups of 10 cans at 15-minute intervals acro
production.
3.0473 To minimize the within-subgroup (can-to-can) variation, the 10 sa
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assess whether its can-filling process is in control. The company
0 cans at 15-minute intervals across two shifts for a single day's
production.
p (can-to-can) variation, the 10 samples for a given subgroup were
gathered in a short period of time.
Unanswered
Subgroups Calls
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control. The total number of incom
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phone service center wants to assess whether its call answering system is in
The total number of incoming calls and the number of unanswered calls were
recorded for 21 days. Each unanswered call is a defective.