This internationally acclaimed textbook (often called the blue book) is widely used for teaching SPC and Continual Improvement techniques to those who work in manufacturing and process industries.

Wheeler and Chambers distilled over 60 years of practical experience into this book. W. Edwards Deming wrote in his foreword, "It is fitting to add my deep appreciation for the mathematical achievements of Dr. Wheeler. His understanding of theory, and its application, is guided by mathematical knowledge."

Some of the unique material in this landmark text includes:

• How Charts Signal Inadequate Measurement
  
• Discrimination How to Use Count Data Effectively
  
• What if the Measurements Are Not Normally
  
• Distributed The Right Way to Assess Process
  
• Capability How to Use the Charts with Chemical
  
• Batches The Right Way to Compute Limits for the
  
• Charts Principles of Rational Subgrouping
  
• World-Class Quality and the Taguchi Loss Function
  

Expert Advice
Donald J. Wheeler, Ph.D., is a consulting statistician who had the good fortune to work with W. Edwards Deming and David S. Chambers. Dr. Wheeler graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics, and has master's and doctorate degrees in statistics from Southern Methodist University. From 1970 to 1982 he taught in the statistics department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he was an associate professor. Between 1981 and 1993, he periodically assisted Dr. Deming with his four-day seminars. He is the author of more than 15 books and more than 60 articles. Dr. Wheeler is a fellow of the American Statistical Association.

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Weight	2.56 lbs
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Pages:	426; Hardcover

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