Does p-chart provide evidence to support complaint process

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The manager of a U.S. private hospital is conducting a study at the maternity unit to analyze the number of complaints at the nurse station made by families giving birth. For this purpose, he collected data from 20 weeks to create 20 samples (corresponding to each week) of 100 births each. He also gathered information on whether a birth gave rise to a complaint or not. The table below summarizes the data collected:

Week

Births

Complaints

 

Week

Births

Complaints

1

100

23

 

11

100

21

2

100

21

 

12

100

21

3

100

25

 

13

100

21

4

100

27

 

14

100

38

5

100

24

 

15

100

19

6

100

20

 

16

100

30

7

100

27

 

17

100

22

8

100

33

 

18

100

18

9

100

23

 

19

100

26

10

100

25

 

20

100

21










Total births samples:    2000

Total number of Complaints:   485

a) The hospital manager wants to use a P-chart to analyze the results. He started by plotting the fraction of births that gave rise to complaints, for each sample (see chart below). You are asked to complete this P-chart.

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b) Does the P-chart provide evidence to support that the complaint process at the maternity unit is in-control? Explain your answer.

c) How would you use your results in part (b) to reduce the number of complaints?

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