SCENARIO 19-8 Recently, a university switched to a new type of computer-based registration.The registrar is concerned with the amount of time students are spending on the computer registering under the new system.She decides to randomly select 8 students on each of the 12 days of the registration and determine the time each spends on the computer registering.The range, mean, and standard deviation of the times required to register are in the table that follows.
-Referring to Scenario 19-8, based on the R chart, it appears that the process is out of control.

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SCENARIO 19-8 Recently, a university switched to a new type of computer-based registration.The registrar is concerned with the amount of time students are spending on the computer registering under the new system.She decides to randomly select 8 students on each of the 12 days of the registration and determine the time each spends on the computer registering.The range, mean, and standard deviation of the times required to register are in the table that follows. 
-Referring to Scenario 19-8, based on the R chart, it appears that the process is out of control.

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An R chart is used to monitor the variability of a process. Without specific data or context from Scenario 19-8, it cannot be determined if the process is out of control.

SCENARIO 19-8 Recently, a University Switched to a New Type