Overview
Accurate measurements in clinical and industrial testing are often not possible. Each measurement contains what can be regarded as containing an uncontrollable component of error. Their use to control quality therefore inevitably leads to right and wrong conclusions. This book describes methods which can be used to control the frequency with which these occur. It describes recent developments which can be employed when very few control measurements can be taken due to limitations of cost or technical difficulty. The monograph begins by describing simple statistical decision rules which were initially used to control the quality of industrial processes. These then form a basis on which to describe the concepts and practical consequences of the use of statistical quality control. Thereafter it proceeds to illustrate improvements in the property of decision rules which can be achieved with appropriate choices of control rule parameters, test statistics and methods of control which selectively utilise information contained in the test data which is indicating that a change in quality level has occurred.
Full Product Details
Author: Kenneth W. Kemp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Volume: No.4
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.524kg
ISBN: 9780198536741
ISBN 10: 0198536747
Pages: 271
Publication Date: 01 June 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Accurate measurements in clinical and industrial testing are often not possible; when used to control quality, the measurements lead to some right and some wrong conclusions. Kemp (U. of Wales) discusses the inevitability of wrong decisions and control of the frequency with which they occur. He presents concepts of statistical theory and their application in simply designed control charts, along with the concepts of acceptable and rejectable levels, to form a simple model to establish principles and criteria for the design and operation of statistical control procedures. Written for clinical technicians and quality control engineers with a reasonable knowledge of mathematics. --SciTech Book News An accessible but very intelligent monograph on the statistics of quality control. Chapters 1 to 4 can nearly stand on their own as a first course in mathematical statistics. --Publication of the International Statistical Institute
Accurate measurements in clinical and industrial testing are often not possible; when used to control quality, the measurements lead to some right and some wrong conclusions. Kemp (U. of Wales) discusses the inevitability of wrong decisions and control of the frequency with which they occur. He presents concepts of statistical theory and their application in simply designed control charts, along with the concepts of acceptable and rejectable levels, to form a simple model to establish principles and criteria for the design and operation of statistical control procedures. Written for clinical technicians and quality control engineers with a reasonable knowledge of mathematics. --SciTech Book News<br> An accessible but very intelligent monograph on the statistics of quality control. Chapters 1 to 4 can nearly stand on their own as a first course in mathematical statistics. --Publication of the International Statistical Institute<br>
