Department of Statistics

Current Sections   Recent Instructors Thompson, Jeff	ST435/ST535	Statistical Methods for Quality and Productivity Improvement
	Course Description Use of statistics for quality control and productivity improvement. Control chart calculations and graphing, process control and specification; sampling plans; and reliability. Computer use will be stressed for performing calculations and graphing Course Syllabus Quality control History Quality and quality systems Review of statistical distribution theory Construction and interpretation of control charts Process control techniques Setting of specification limits Acceptance sampling Industrial experimentation Response surface methods Taguichi methods Reliability Measures of reliability Statistical models used in reliability Model identification and selection Life testing & exponetial models Course Prerequisites ST302 Course Corequisites None Recent Textbooks Modern Methods for Quality Control and Improvement, by Wadsworth, Stephens, and Godfrey