In: Statistics and Probability
The Quality manager for ABC Corporation is responsible for controlling the production output to reduce the chance that defective products are sent to customers. The manager is considering the purchase of automated machines that will scan each finished item and mark each as acceptable or defective. Previous test runs with the machines vs manual examination have given results shown in the following Classification Confusion Matrix.
Predicted (according to machine) |
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Actual (from manual exam) |
Acceptable |
Defective |
Acceptable |
1543 |
98 |
Defective |
522 |
892 |
overall error rate | 20.3% |
class 0 error rate | 36.9% |
class 1 error rate | 5.97% |
* Describe the potential costs of a Class 0 error vs a Class 1 error for this scenario.
** Describe the costs of each type of error in this scenario.
*** Which type of error would be more harmful to the company?
Please help answer the * questions. I am not sure what type of answer is wanted and there is no guidance in this subject in my textbook. Time is of the essence. Thanks for answering!