NanosElectron, Inc. produces 75,000 circuit boards a month. Three characteristics are inspected on a random selection of 800 boards per week. Over the last week, four defects for one characteristic were identified, two defects for another characteristic, and one defect for the third characteristic were identified. What is the general sigma standard for this procedure if these inspections had created fault counts that were reflective of the population? What is the sigma standard for the feature with four defects?

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NanosElectron, Inc. produces 75,000 circuit boards a month. Three characteristics are inspected on a random selection of 800 boards per week. Over the last week, four defects for one characteristic were identified, two defects for another characteristic, and one defect for the third characteristic were identified. What is the general sigma standard for this procedure if these inspections had created fault counts that were reflective of the population? What is the sigma standard for the feature with four defects?

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