7. PCDrives has a statistically in-control manufacturing process that is normally distributed. Samplemeans and ranges for 15 samples of size 5 can be found in the Problems Data workbook. Determineprocess capability indexes by estimating the standard deviation using formula (8.34). If thespecifications are 70 ± 25, what percentage will be out of specification? PCDrives             Sample x-bar    R   1 77.4 18.3   2 60.2 20.1   3 63.5 22.6   4 64.0 27.5   5 58.4 15.3   6 74.4 17.9   7 70.8 26.8   8 74.6 30.6   9 77.3 19.2   10 65.7 14.6   11 63.4 24.5   12 76.6 21.7   13 71.7 25.5   14 70.9 29.7   15 59.6 14.5

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7. PCDrives has a statistically in-control manufacturing process that is normally distributed. Sample
means and ranges for 15 samples of size 5 can be found in the Problems Data workbook. Determine
process capability indexes by estimating the standard deviation using formula (8.34). If the
specifications are 70 ± 25, what percentage will be out of specification?

PCDrives    
       
Sample x-bar    R  
1 77.4 18.3  
2 60.2 20.1  
3 63.5 22.6  
4 64.0 27.5  
5 58.4 15.3  
6 74.4 17.9  
7 70.8 26.8  
8 74.6 30.6  
9 77.3 19.2  
10 65.7 14.6  
11 63.4 24.5  
12 76.6 21.7  
13 71.7 25.5  
14 70.9 29.7  
15 59.6 14.5  
       

 

 
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