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Room 453
Stetson West Residence Hall
10 Forsyth Street,
Boston, MA 02115
Proessor S! Forman
"ate#ay Fac$lty
%ortheastern &ni'ersity
3(0 H$ntin)ton A'en$e
Boston, MA 02115
*ear Proessor Forman,
Ater com+letin) the code, , ha'e s$ccess$l collected the data o the man$actory o -heads.!
/he total n$m0er o heads is 120 and each o these heads can 0e ether )ood, 0ad, ha'e an inside
deect 1,*2 or ha'e an o$tside deect 13*2! /he n$m0er o )ood heads came o$t to 0e 54! /he
n$m0er o 0ad heads is 1( and the n$m0er o ,* and 3* heads is 0oth 25! From these res$lts it
can 0e )athered that the +rod$ction o heads is satisactory 0$t is need o some im+ro'ement!
&sin) this data se'eral )ra+hs #ere made to sho# +atterns in this +rocess! /he irst )ra+h 4$st
sho#s the se+aration o the 4 )ro$+s in their res+ecti'e containers! /ho$)h the amo$nt )ood is
the ma4ority there is still eno$)h not $lly $nctionin) heads to 0e a +ro0lem! /he second )ra+h
sho#s #hich col$mns the )ood heads come rom! From this )ra+h it is clear that the irst and last
ha'e some ma4or iss$es in +rod$cin) )ood heads! /he last )ra+h sho#s the amo$nt o 0ad heads
in each o the col$mns! ,n this one the irst col$mn has the most 0ad heads #ith or 0$t the 0ad
heads are s+read o$t only a++ear once or t#ice in the ma4ority o the col$mns!
5oo6in) at thee )ra+hs it can 0e seen that the irst col$mn o the +rocess o ma6in) these heads!
,t only ma6es one )ood heads and ma6es a total o 4 0ad heads! /he tenth ha'e a similar +ro0lem
as they +rod$ce the same n$m0er o )ood 0$t less 0ad! /he col$mns in 0et#een the irst and
tenth col$mns ha'e a )ood ratio o )ood heads #hich ma6es them less o a concern! From this it
is clear that the man$act$rin) +rocess is at its most critical d$rin) the start and to#ards the end!
/he +rocess that tests the heads is a solid one! ,t co$ld 0e more detailed and may0e sho$ld ha'e
more chec6s to ma6e s$re the +rod$ct is $+ to standard! Pro)ramin) this +rocess has ta$)ht me
a0o$t the im+ortance o data or)ani7ation and the $se o conditionals! /his +rocess also ta$)ht
me the stren)ths and #ea6ness o 0oth 899 and MA/5AB and ho# they #or6 to)ether!
/han6 yo$ or yo$r time and , loo6 or#ard to yo$r re'ie# o my res$lts!
Sincerely,
:or)e Artea)a