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2 Unit 2: Applied Mathematics A

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Question 53

A factory has 2400 items arranged in production order. A quality controller considers two sampling plans for selecting 80 items.

Plan A: inspect the first 80 items made after lunch.

Plan B: choose a random starting item from the first 30 items and then inspect every 30th item.

a.

Name the sampling technique used in each plan.

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b.

Give one advantage of Plan B over Plan A.

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c.

State one circumstance in which Plan B could still produce an unrepresentative sample.

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d.

Explain why a different sample of 80 items could lead to a different conclusion about the production process.

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