A team of undergraduate business students was asked to recommend improvement to the data entry process at the county appraiser’s office. The team identified several types of errors, such as posting an incorrect name or entering an incorrect parcel number. The deed abstractors were asked to keep a record of the errors in data entry that were sent to them. The following table is a frequency distribution of errors: Defect Total Posting error in name  Posting error in parcel Property sold after tax bills were mailed Inappropriate call transfer (not part of deeds>mapping) Posting error in legal description>incompletelegal description Deeds received after tax bills printed Correspondence errors Miscellaneous errors  23 21 5 18   4 6 2 1 a. Construct a Pareto diagram of these defects in data entry.b. What recommendations would you suggest to the county appraiser?

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A team of undergraduate business students was asked to recommend improvement to the data entry process at the county appraiser’s office. The team identified several types of errors, such as posting an incorrect name or entering an incorrect parcel number. The deed abstractors were asked to keep a record of the errors in data entry that were sent to them. The following table is a frequency distribution of errors:

Defect Total

Posting error in name 

Posting error in parcel

Property sold after tax bills were mailed

Inappropriate call transfer (not part of deeds>
mapping)

Posting error in legal description>incomplete
legal description

Deeds received after tax bills printed

Correspondence errors

Miscellaneous errors 

23

21

5

18

 

4

6

2

1


a. Construct a Pareto diagram of these defects in data entry.
b. What recommendations would you suggest to the county appraiser?

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