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 ...

Quality control is a methodology employed in manufacturing to prevent defects in manufactured products. Abbreviated as QC, the method has been implemented in a number of ways each of which has its own ...

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 wide ...