Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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ISBN: 9780073401331
Author: William Navidi Prof.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.5, Problem 1E
The thickness specification for aluminum sheets is 0.246–0.254 mm. Data from an
- a. Compute the value of Cpk for this process.
- b. Is the process capability acceptable? Explain.
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