The Power of Statistical Thinking: Improving Industrial Processes

By Mary G. Leitnaker, Cheryl Hild, Richard D. Sanders

Explains the fundamentals of SPC and then goes far beyond to give an in-depth understanding of how these tools work. Case studies included. DLC: Process control - Statistical methods. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201633906
• ISBN13: 9780201633900
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Very good book by actual users of the methods they discuss

This is an excellent book. The three authors (Leitnaker, Sanders and Hild) actually use the methods they discuss. They provide a careful conceptual and philosophical discussion of process study and improvement using control charts and related tools.The emphasis is NOT on covering a large number of tools (for that, other books might be more appropriate) but instead on enabling the statistically unsophisticated user to understand how to actually USE the methods. The authors use case studies extensively in the book to motivate the methods and to illustrate their use.Highly recommended. It might not be the ONLY book on "SPC" which you should buy, but if you buy any books on SPC, this book should be one of them.Bill Parr

Thoughtful -- written for real engineers

You don't have to be a statistician to be able to use this book. Gives practical talk on use of statistics using thought processes any engineer can relate to. Buy this one.