Question

As part of an insurance company’s training program, participants learn how to conduct an analysis of clients’ insurability. The goal is to have participants achieve a time in the range of 32 to 45 minutes. Test results for three participants were: Armand, a mean of 36.0 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.0 minutes; Jerry, a mean of 35.0 minutes and a standard deviation of 3.0 minutes; and Melissa, a mean of 38.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.6 minutes.

a.Which of the participants would you judge to be capable? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

Participants	Cpk	Cp	Capable ?
Armand			(Click to select)  Yes  No
Jerry			(Click to select)  No  Yes
Melissa			(Click to select)  Yes  No

b.Can the value of the C_pk exceed the value of C_p for a given participant?

• Yes

• No

Answer 1

a)

b)

NO

Cpk value is less than or equal to the Cp value. The value of the C_pk can never exceed the value of C_p for a given participant