Statistical Process Control and Quality Improvement - Hardcover

Smith, Gerald M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130255637 ISBN 13: 9780130255631

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

For freshman/sophomore level introductory courses in SPC, Statistical Quality Control, or Quality Control found in two and four-year college curriculums, and in industrial training programs.

This “mathematics-friendly” text introduces students to basic concepts and applications of Statistical Process Control (SPC). Students get a solid foundation in control charts―including setting scales, charting, interpreting, and analyzing process capability. Problem-solving techniques are emphasized, and all learning is linked to the implementation of SPC in the workplace.

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From the Back Cover

This new edition of Statistical Process Control and Quality Improvement introduces readers to the basic concepts and applications of Statistical Process Control (SPC). Providing a "math friendly" environment, the text gives readers a solid foundation in control charts―including setting scales, charting, interpreting, and analyzing process capability. Problem-solving techniques are emphasized, and all learning is linked to the implementation of SPC in the workplace.

Some features of the new edition include:

• An expanded discussion of linear regression.
  • Presents readers with the application of the linear regression mode on statistical calculators.
• Expanded discussion of Walter Shewhart's contribution to control charts.
  • Provides readers with a better understanding of the concepts.
• Lab exercises for each chapter.
  • Offers hands-on opportunity to practice and apply learned concepts.
• Informational boxes.
  • Highlights definitions and formulas without interrupting the flow of the text, making the text easier to use and to study from.
• Increased number of exercises, with answers to odd-numbered questions at the end of the book.
  • Gives readers an increased opportunity to solve problems and check results, and to thereby master the course material.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130255637
• ISBN 13: 9780130255631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 650