Question

Temperature transducers of certain type are shipped in batches of 50. A sample of 60 batches was selected, and the number of transducers in each batch not conforming to design specifications was determined, resulting in the following data:

2 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 5 3 3 1 3 2 4 7 0 2 3
0 4 2 1 3 1 1 3 41 2 3 2 2 8 4 5 1 3 1
5 0 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 6 0 3 3 3 6 2 3

a. Determine frequencies and relative frequencies for the observed values of x = number of non-conforming transducers in a batch. (Round your relative frequencies to three decimal places.)
b. What proportion of batches in the sample have at most four non-conforming transducers? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

Answer 1

a.

Number: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Frequency: 6, 12, 13, 15, 5, 3, 3, 1, 1

b. The proportion of the batches that have at most is 0.864

Explanation:

a. The given data are;

2 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 5 3 3 1 3 2 4 7 0 2 3

0 4 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 1 2 3 2 2 8 4 5 1 3 1

5 0 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 6 0 3 3 3 6 2 3

The frequencies are;

x fx

0 6

1 12

2 13

3 15

4 5

5 3

6 3

7 1

8 1

The relative frequency are;

x Rfx

0 0.102

1 0.203

2 0.220

3 0.254

4 0.085

5 0.051

6 0.051

7 0.017

8 0.017

b. The proportion of the batches that have at most 4 is given as follows;

The number of the batches that have at most 4 = 6 + 12 + 13 + 15 + 5 = 51

Therefore, the proportion of the batches that have at most 4 = 51 / 59 = 0.864.