Our
company is making small blocks of metal for a
particular customer. The customer's primary
requirement is that the overall volume of each
block should be in a specified range. Your group has
been assigned the task of devising a quick method of
measuring the volume of random blocks sampled from
the production lots. The test must be fast, accurate,
and preferably low cost (cheap!).
Your
group has had a few meetings to discuss alternatives
for a procedure for measuring the volume of random
blocks. You decided not to go with methods involving
the weight and density because the blocks may have
air pockets within them. (The customer doesn't care
about this; the outer surfaces of the blocks are not
porous, and it is only the volume of the blocks that
is critical). After some discussion, you have come up
with an experimental plan to test three different
methods. Follow the link at the left to refresh your
memory about the experimental plan you have devised.
