A personnel manager believes that a particular employee produces more defective parts than his peers.The manager records the worker's production over the course of several weeks.Out of 315 parts produced, 11 are defective.Calculate (the sample proportion) if we define a defective part as a "success."
A) 0.035
B) 11
C) 28.64
D) Need more information

Question

A personnel manager believes that a particular employee produces more defective parts than his peers.The manager records the worker's production over the course of several weeks.Out of 315 parts produced, 11 are defective.Calculate  (the sample proportion) if we define a defective part as a "success."
A) 0.035 
B) 11 
C) 28.64 
D) Need more information

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The sample proportion is calculated by dividing the number of successes (defective parts) by the total number of observations (parts produced). In this case, the sample proportion is 11/315, which simplifies to 0.035. Therefore, the answer is choice A.

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