Question: A process at Printwright, Inc.'s largest facility is used to make plastic gears for a computer printer. The data found in the worksheet Prob. 9-15

A process at Printwright, Inc.'s largest facility is used to make plastic gears for a computer printer. The data found in the worksheet Prob. 9-15 were gathered by a quality analyst. The gears were designed to be 3.57 ` 0.05 centimeters (cm) in diameter. Construct a histogram of the data. What can you observe about the shape of the distribution? What would you recommend to the production manager based on your analysis? 

Problem 9-15   
Plastic Gear Data for Printwright, Inc. 
     
3.523.553.553.553.63
3.583.553.633.553.55
3.493.503.523.563.53
3.533.573.583.493.61
3.523.583.623.523.52
3.503.583.633.523.52
3.513.583.553.583.55
3.543.523.633.583.61
3.543.553.613.583.61
3.573.533.633.573.61
3.573.533.623.573.54
3.623.533.643.573.54
3.623.533.653.573.55
3.623.533.623.543.61
3.533.533.543.513.54
3.563.573.563.583.60
3.563.573.563.583.60
3.563.573.563.593.60
3.563.573.563.593.60
3.573.573.563.593.60
3.573.573.563.593.60
3.573.573.563.593.60
3.573.573.623.593.60
3.573.573.543.593.60
3.573.583.623.593.60
3.573.583.623.593.61
3.573.583.643.603.52
3.573.583.623.603.52
3.573.583.513.603.52
3.573.583.553.553.52
     

6. The Cabo Fiesta Mexican Restaurant is trying to determine whether sales of its popular Pan Con Mucho Sabor breadsticks are correlated with the sales of margaritas. It has data on sales of bread- stick baskets and margaritas for 25 weeks, shown in the worksheet Prob. 9-20. Plot a scatter diagram and compute the correlation using Excel tools. What do your results indicate?

Problem 9-20  
Cabo Fiesta Mexican Restaurant
   
 Breadsticks 
WeekOrdersMargaritas
   
18501340
28601340
37901300
48601340
58701370
67901240
78051285
87901240
97401170
107201130
117301150
126851070
137101150
147401140
156351030
16660990
177201210
188801370
198801400
209201370
219301410
228401240
238301260
248251235
257901260

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