Statistical quality control
Undergraduate · Math
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Undergraduate Statistical quality control — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable).
Process monitoring
- Common and special cause variation — Common and special cause variation
- Shewhart control charts for variables — Shewhart control charts for variables
- Control charts for attributes: p, np, c, u charts — Control charts for attributes: p, np, c, u charts
- Western Electric and Nelson rules — Western Electric and Nelson rules
- Process capability indices: Cp and Cpk — Process capability indices: Cp and Cpk
Advanced SPC
- EWMA and CUSUM charts — EWMA and CUSUM charts
- Multivariate control charts (introduction) — Multivariate control charts (introduction)
- Acceptance sampling plans — Acceptance sampling plans
- Gauge R&R studies — Gauge R&R studies
- Design for Six Sigma overview — Design for Six Sigma overview
Quality improvement
- PDCA and DMAIC frameworks — PDCA and DMAIC frameworks
- Fishbone diagrams — Fishbone diagrams
- Pareto analysis — Pareto analysis
- Designed experiments for process improvement — Designed experiments for process improvement
- Reliability — Reliability
- Failure rate analysis (intro) — Failure rate analysis (intro)
Study units
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- Process monitoring
Common and special cause variation
Coming soon - Advanced SPC
EWMA and CUSUM charts
Coming soon - Quality improvement
PDCA and DMAIC frameworks
Coming soon
Notes
Undergraduate Statistical quality control — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable). Topic outline: `content/topics/undergraduate/quality_control.json`.