The number of heart surgery complications is rare. To monitor the effectiveness of such surgeries, data are recorded on the number of such procedures until a complication occurs. These complications occur independently with a constant probability of occurrence and follow a geometric distribution.
Table shows such data for a sequence of 25 complications. It is estimated from past data that the complication rate is 0.1%.
Construct an appropriate control chart and comment on the process assuming a type I error rate of 0.005. What would the control limits be for a type I error rate of 0.05? What factors would influence your selection of the type I error rate?
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Complication Sequence
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Number of Procedures
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Complication Sequence
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Number of Procedures
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Complication Sequence
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Number of Procedures
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1
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654
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10
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1654
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18
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1794
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2
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981
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11
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892
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19
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1112
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3
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1508
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12
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750
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20
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652
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4
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436
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13
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1333
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21
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1050
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5
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1202
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14
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1404
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22
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1085
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6
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889
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15
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909
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23
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1422
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7
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1854
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16
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822
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24
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688
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8
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3068
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17
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1609
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25
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1095
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9
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704
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