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Identify a sample design to use for collecting data on rancidity problems with a shipment rice bran. Using nutracea as case study www.nutracea.com. Please include the advantages and disadvantages to systematic sampling.

(Ex: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128).

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The solution discusses the possibility of using systematic sampling to test for rancidity problem with a shipment of rice bran. Included is a review of the advantages and drawbacks of systematic sampling.

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In this project, you want to sample Nutracea rice bran to test it for rancidity. There are several different kinds of sampling methods (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_%28statistics%29#Sampling_methods for a list of different sampling methods and descriptions of how they are done).

In the case of Nutracea, I imagine that it is processed and shipped in discrete units (barrels or bins that are shipped from the factory where the rice bran is made to the factory where it is incorporated into foods). I think it ...

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