Question 1: Develop a histogram for the following data:
Employee Hours of Overtime Days Absent
1 243 3
2 126 2
3 86 0
4 424 6
5 236 3
6 128 0
7 0 0
8 126 2
9 324 3
10 118 0
11 62 0
12 128 3
13 460 6
14 135 1
15 118 1
16 260 2
17 0 1
18 126 1
19 234 2
20 246 3
21 120 1
22 80 0
23 112 1
24 237 3
25 129 2
26 24 1
27 36 0
28 128 2
29 246 3
30 326 6
Develop two separate histograms for hours of overtime and days absent. How do the data appear to be distributed?
Question 2:
Think about the following question and develop a fishbone diagram for it:
What is the major social problem in society?
Question 3:
For the following data, develop a Pareto Analysis. The letters A, B, C, D, E and F are problems that occur in a process. Which cause should you focus on first?
A B
B C
A A
C A
D A
A C
B A
D C
B B
A A
A C
B D
D B
C E
A F
B E
C A
D B
A A
A C
A D
B B
C B
B A
C A
A A
B D
A C
C B
A E
Question 4:
For the following data, draw a scatter diagram to see if time lost because of injuries and overtime hours are related. What do you conclude?
Plant Lost Time in Days Overtime Hours
A 5 254
B 3 114
C 6 350
D 4 219
E 10 496
F 5 218
G 7 279
Question 5:
Develop a process map for a university registration process. Analyze the number of value- added and nonvalue-added steps.
Question 6:
Develop a tree diagram for writing a major research paper. Now take the steps you identified for this project and develop an activity network diagram.