Arranged in alphabetical order for quick reference, this book provides the quality practitioner with a single resource that illustrates, in a practical manner, how to execute specific statistical methods frequently used in the quality sciences. Each method is presented in a stand-alone fashion and includes computational steps, application comments, and a fully illustrated brief presentation on how to use the tool or technique. A plethora of topics have been arranged in alphabetical order, ranging from acceptance sampling control charts to zone format control charts. This reference is accessible for the average quality practitioner who will need a minimal prior understanding of the techniques discussed to benefit from them. Each topic is presented in a standalone fashion with, in most cases, several examples detailing computational steps and application comments. This Second Edition includes new sections on advanced SPC applications, reliability applications, and Simplex Optimization. There are expansions in the sections on process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, and design of experiments.Content:Front Matter Usage Matrix Table Preface Table of ContentsAccelerated Reliability Testing to Average/Standard Deviation Control ChartChart Resolution to Confidence Interval for the Standard DeviationDefects/Unit Control Chart to Discrete DistributionsEvolutionary Operation to Exponentially Weighted Moving AverageF-TestHistograms to Hypothesis TestingIndividual-Median/Range Control Chart to Individual/Moving Range Control ChartMeasurement Error Assessment to Multivariate Control ChartNonnormal Distribution Cpkto Normal Distributionp Chart to Process Capability IndicesRegression and Correlation to ReliabilitySequential Simplex Optimization to SPC Chart InterpretationTaguchi Loss Function to Testing for a Normal DistributionWeibull Analysis to Wilcoxon Rank Sum (Differences in Medians)Zone Format Control Chart Appendix: TablesIndex