A Quality Analyst Wants to Construct a Control Chart for Determining

Multiple Choice

A quality analyst wants to construct a control chart for determining whether four machines, all producing the same product, are under control with regard to a particular quality attribute. Accordingly, she inspected 1,000 units of output from each machine in random samples, with the following results: $$\begin{array} { l c } \text { Machine } & \text { Total Defectives } \\\hline \# 1 & 23 \\\# 2 & 15 \\\# 3 & 29 \\\# 4 & 13\end{array}$$ What is the estimate of the process proportion of defectives for whenever it is under control?

A) .08
B) .06
C) .04
D) .02
E) .01