The origins of statistical quality control are first reviewed relative to the concept of statistical control. A recent Bayesian approach developed at AT&T laboratories for replacing Shewart-type ...

The American Statistician strives to publish articles of general interest to the statistical profession on topics that are important for a broad group of statisticians, and ordinarily not highly ...

STATISTICAL methods of controlling quality of output have now been tried out in many branches of industry, the War in particular having provided a strong impetus with its demand for large-scale ...

Overview of quality and managing quality, Define Measure Analyze Improve Control (DMAIC), the six sigma approach to quality, visual representation of data, Pareto charts, histograms, process ...

Being an expert on statistical methods, the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), having heard of Shewhart’s techniques, invited Deming to lecture on statistical quality control.

BEFORE the War, quality control methods of the statistical type were to be found in comparatively few industries. The War itself saw them introduced, frequently under Government auspices, into a ...