Question: ( d ) Explain why it is necessary to generate two p - charts and compare rather than just one p - chart for the

(d) Explain why it is necessary to generate two p-charts and compare rather than just one p-chart for the 37 days.
Think about this... what if the process on days 1-30(prior to the promotion) was out-of-control? If it were, would you be able to conclude that an out-of-control pattern on days 1-37 was caused by the promotion?
(e) Explain also why it would be insufficient to compare the chart with days 1-30 with a chart for days 31-37. Remember that you are trying to see the impact of a process change between days 1-30 and days 31-37. Would you be able to see this easily and objectively if you compared the two charts as suggested? Explain why not and you will have answered this question!
(f) In this particular problem, is the process being out-of-control undesirable or indicates a problem that needs to be corrected? Explain!
Again, keep in mind the objective is to determine if the promotion had an impact. What would be a "good" impact (i.e. expected effect of the promotion) vs. a "bad" impact here? Now think about the out-of-control patterns. A "good" out-of-control pattern is one that indicates a good impact on the process. Is such a
 (d) Explain why it is necessary to generate two p-charts and

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