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Chapter 3, Problem 47P
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To draw: The improvement required in the process of manufacturing baseballs to achieve the
Introduction: Statistical process control is a statistical technique used to analyze the functioning of production process. It helps to determine the factors that leads to poor quality in the production process. It also determines the measures that has to be taken in order to correct the production process.
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