Description
Book Synopsis
Statistics for Quality Control is a basic level study of statistics used in a production operations setting. It is primarily intended for students entering quality control or other industrial and operations careers. It covers introductory topics such as a brief background, measurements, and graphing techniques. It then moves on to the beginning statistics necessary to understand these practices commonly found in industry and ends with coverage of quality assurance issues along with some pertinent managerial practices associated with this topic.
Daniel Jackson is an Associate Professor of Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences at Western Kentucky University. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing operations and design, quality assurance and control, six sigma, lean concepts, and graduate courses. He works extensively with students by teaching, advising, and directing their career interests. He has traveled throughout the wo
Table of Contents
Preface. The Industrial Age; CH 1- Numbers, Measurements & Scales; CH 2- Sampling & Organization of Data; CH 3- Basic Statistics for Discrete Distributions; CH 4- Statistics for Continuous Distributions; CH 5- Statistical Process Control for Attributes; CH 6- Process Control for Variables; CH 7- Control Chart Analysis; CH 8- Acceptance Sampling; CH 9- Inferential Applications; CH 10- Additional Uses of Statistics in Industry; CH 11- Quality Management. Appendices.
