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Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement, 2nd ed. by Thomas P. Ryan. Prentice-Hall, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY. 1999. xxvi + 593 pp. $89.95.
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, in its second edition, has many new added features along with enhancements of material from the first edition. In the first edition, there were sixteen chapters. In the second edition, a seventeenth chapter is included which discusses statistical process control (SPC) tools in connection with Six-Sigma programs.
The chapters and titles are listed next along with the number of exercises (given in parentheses) for each chapter.
1. Introduction (0) 2. Basic Tools for Improving Quality (0) 3. Basic Concepts in Statistics and Probability (20) 4. Control Charts for Measurements with Subgrouping (for One Variable) (15) 5. Control Charts for Measurements without...