Suppose you want to determine if offering students free flu shots has been useful in cutting down on the number students missing class due to illness.Each week during flu season you count the number of students out of the entire student body who report to the campus clinic with flu symptoms.Which chart would be useful in helping you monitor this process?
A)p chart
B) chart
C)R chart
D)None of the above

Question

Suppose you want to determine if offering students free flu shots has been useful in cutting down on the number students missing class due to illness.Each week during flu season you count the number of students out of the entire student body who report to the campus clinic with flu symptoms.Which chart would be useful in helping you monitor this process?
A)p chart 
B) chart 
C)R chart 
D)None of the above

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A p chart is the best choice because it is used to monitor the proportion of nonconforming units in a sample, which in this case would be the proportion of students reporting flu symptoms. This chart would allow you to see if there is a significant decrease in the proportion of sick students after offering free flu shots. The other charts listed are not appropriate for this scenario.

Suppose You Want to Determine If Offering Students Free Flu