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Oct 2017 Member Gift Bundle: Statistical Sampling and Inspection
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There’s an old quality control adage, “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.”
Statistical sampling and inspection are practices that started the quality movement and continue to be an essential part of quality assurance and process improvement for many manufacturers and industries around the world.
Featuring this topic for first time as a monthly member gift, we’ve compiled resources explaining the value and practices around these fundamental tools, including video introductions, webcast walk-throughs, and free e-books, articles, and case studies.
Complete E-Book
- Integrating Inspection Management Into Your Quality Improvement System (PDF, 168 pp)
- The Desk Reference of Statistical Quality Methods, Second Edition (PDF, 560 pp)
- How to Perform Continuous Sampling, Second Edition (PDF, 77 pp)
Webcasts
In this webcast, our resident quality tools expert, Dr. Jack ReVelle, walks you through the Statistical Sampling technique and process.
- Webcast: Essential Quality Tools: Statistical Sampling and Sample Size Determination (download 28 min)
Videos
- ASQTV CEO Interview: Measuring and Inspecting Leads to Consistent Growth (video, 5 min)
Articles and Case Studies
- Statistical Sampling for Process Assessments (PDF)
- Sample Simplification: An Efficient Approach for Determining Incoming Inspection Sample Sizes (PDF)
- Bonus! – The spreadsheet referenced in this article can be downloaded here, and updated for any lot size. (MS-excel)
- Weighted Inspection Sampling Methods Based on Winsorization (PDF)
- Optimal Inspection of a Finite Population (web page)
- History of Z1.4 & Z1.9
Read an overview describing the origins and purposes of the statistical standards ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, which establishes sampling plans and procedures for inspection by attributes, (web page) and ANSI/ASQ Z1.9, which establishes sampling plans and procedures for inspection by variables.
