ENIN 440 Statistical Quality Control

Assignment #2 Due Feb 25th, 12 noon

Chapter 4: Inference about Process Quality Solve the following problems 4.8. The tensile strength of a fiber used in manufacturing cloth is of interest to the purchaser. Previous experience indicates that the standard deviation of tensile strength is 2 psi. A random sample of eight fiber specimens is selected, and the average tensile strength is found to be 127 psi. (a) Test the hypothesis that the mean tensile strength equals 125 psi versus the alternative that the mean exceeds 125 psi. Use =0.05 (b) What is the P-value for this test? (c) Discuss why a one-sided alternative was chosen in part (a). (d) Construct a 95% lower confidence interval on the mean tensile strength. 4.17. Two quality control technicians measured the surface finish of a metal part, obtaining the data in Table 4E.1. Assume that the measurements are normally distributed.

(a) Test the hypothesis that the mean surface finish measurements made by the two technicians are equal. Use =0.05 and assume equal variances. (b) What are the practical implications of the test in part (a)? Discuss what practical conclusions you would draw if the null hypothesis were rejected. (c) Assuming that the variances are equal, construct a 95% confidence interval on the mean difference in surface-finish measurements. (d) Test the hypothesis that the variances of the measurements made by the two technicians are equal. Use =0.05. What are the practical implications if the null hypothesis is rejected? (e) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the ratio of the variances of technician measurement error.

(f) Construct a 95% confidence interval on the variance of measurement error for technician 2. (g) Does the normality assumption seem reasonable for the data? 4.20. A random sample of 200 printed circuit boards contains 18 defective or nonconforming units. Estimate the process fraction nonconforming. (a) Test the hypothesis that the true fraction nonconforming in this process is 0.10. Use =0.05. Find the P-value. (b) Construct a 90% two-sided confidence interval on the true fraction nonconforming in the production process. 5.32. A process is normally distributed and in control, with known mean and variance, and the usual three-sigma limits are used on the control chart, so that the prob- ability of a single point plotting outside the control limits when the process is in control is 0.0027. Suppose that this chart is being used in phase I and the averages from a set of m samples or subgroups from this process are plotted on this chart. What is the probability that at least one of the averages will plot outside the control limits when m = 5? Repeat these calculations for the cases where m = 10, m = 20, m = 30, and m = 50. Discuss the results that you have obtained. 5.17. Consider the control chart shown here. Does the pattern appear random?

5.18. Consider the control chart shown here. Does the pattern appear random?

5.19. Consider the control chart shown here. Does the pattern appear random?

5.24. Consider the time-varying process behavior shown below and on the next page. Match each of these several patterns of process performance to the corresponding and R charts shown in figures (a) to (e) below.