Statistical methods for quality improvement, 2° ed. 2000

This book deals with statistical quality control and presents the control charts, material such as acceptance sampling and selected statistical methods of regression and analysis of variance. It also includes substantial sections on control chart chapters, experimental design chapter, and chapters on CUSUM-EWMA procedures and acceptance sampling.

Basic tools for improving quality. Basic concepts in statistics and probability. Control charts for measurements with subgrouping. Control charts for measurements without subgrouping. Control charts for attributes. Process capability. Alternatives to shewhart charts. Multivariate control charts for measurement data. Miscellaneous control chart topics. Other graphical methods. Linear regression. Design of experiments. Contributions of Genichi Taguchi and alternative approaches. Evolutionary operation. Analysis of means. Using combinations of quality improvement tools.