Explains the role of statistics in improving the quality of collecting and analyzing information for a wide variety of applications. The book examines the function of statisticians in quality improvement. It discusses statistical process control, quality statistical tables, and quality and warranty; quality standards in medicine and public health; Taguchi robust designs and survival models; and more.
A broad reference explaining how statistics can improve the collection and analysis of information for quality control in a wide variety of applications. Discusses statistical process control, quality and warranty, statistical tables, quality standards in medicine and public health, Taguchi robust designs, measurement for experimentation, multi-response experiments, signal estimation, survival models, contextual spatial classification, and other topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.