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Statistical Process Control and Data Analytics, 8th Edition
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Statistical Process Control and Data Analytics, 8th Edition

by John Oakland, Robert Oakland
September 2024
Intermediate to advanced
386 pages
12h 2m
English
Routledge
Content preview from Statistical Process Control and Data Analytics, 8th Edition

4 Variation – understanding and decision making

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439080-6

Objectives

  • To examine the traditional way in which managers look at data.
  • To introduce the idea of looking at variation in the data.
  • To differentiate between different causes of variation and between accuracyAssociated with the nearness of a process to the target value. and precisionAssociated with the scatter about a central tendency..
  • To encourage the evaluation of decision making with regard to process variation.

4.1 How some managers look at data

How do some managers look at data? Imagine the preparations in a production manager’s office shortly before the monthly directors’ meeting. David, the production director, is agitated and not looking forward to the ...

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