Introduction to Statistical Quality Control

By Robert Sedgewick

Book Overview

This book is about the use of modern statistical methods for quality control and improvement. It provides comprehensive coverage of the subject from basic principles to state-of-art concepts and applications. The objective is to give the reader a sound understanding of the principles and the basis for applying them in a variety of both product and nonproduct situations. While statistical techniques are emphasized throughout, the book has a strong engineering and management orientation. Guidelines are given throughout the book for selecting the proper type of statistical technique to use in a wide variety of product and nonproduct situations. By presenting theory, and supporting the theory with clear and relevant examples, Montgomery helps the reader to understand the big picture of important concepts. Updated to reflect contemporary practice and provide more information on management aspects of quality improvement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201350882
• ISBN13: 9780201350883
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Introduction for Those with Little Background

If you want to take your knowledge of statistics and see how it is applied in the arena of Statistical Process Control (SPC) this book is a great place to start. A prior background in statistics will be very helpful in understanding the underlying concepts. A more basic introduction to some of the underlying distributions discussed may help the concepts make more sense. Overall, the text seems quite comprehensive in its coverage...

excellently written as is true of all of Montgomery's books

Doug Montgomery is an excellent instructor and author. I have taken short courses from him. He teaches statistics in the Engineering School at Arizona State. He is known for his books on engineering statistics and has written some excellent texts on design of experiments, response surface methodology, linear regression and quality control. He is well acquainted with the Deming philosophy for quality , Taguchi designs and...

Sacred Book on SQC

If you are looking to be well versed on the principle of Statistical Quality Control, then you need this book.

Great SPC book

Used this book in a graduate level course on SPC. The book and the excercises were interesting and highly informative, as are all of Dr. Montgomery's numerous texts. Most concepts are backed up with liberal examples to help understand the theory and cement the concept and their practical applications, and run the whole gamut from management to electrical engineering problems. Many of the tables in the back of the book,...

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about SPC

As the developer of the QI Macros SPC Software for Excel, customers often call with exotic questions about statistical methods for quality control. Montgomery's book, more often than not, is the one I turn to for answers that I can't seem to find anywhere else. Even if I do find the answer in another book, it's always easier to understand in Montgomery's. The book is written in a way that makes seemingly incomprehensible statistics...