Consider a sampling plan with n = 40 and c = 2 and given Acceptable quality level (AQL), Lot tolerance percent defective (LTPD), producer's risk (α) and consumer's risk (β). Suppose that c is decreased to 1, keeping AQL and LTPD unchanged, producer's risk (α) will
A) Always increase
B) Always decrease
C) Sometime decrease
D) Stay the same.
E) None of the above.

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Decreasing the acceptance number c from 2 to 1 makes the sampling plan more stringent, which increases the likelihood of rejecting a lot that meets the AQL, thus increasing the producer's risk (α).

Consider a Sampling Plan with N = 40 and C