Charts and Statistics

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Finally, this year, a standard catalyst supplier accreditation procedure is being implemented. Primary emphasis is on the implementation of control charts and statistical process control (SPC) procedures in the manufacture of commercial catalysts in order to improve lot to lot consistencies (3) for purchased catalysts. 

Conventional quality control procedures fall short of current needs to improve the consistency of purchased catalyst quality and are being supplemented by the use of control charts and statistical process control. 

One feature of contemporary society is that people may intellectually understand issues such as Peak Oil or Global Warming, but they fail to internalize what they know and to change their own lives in response. The Business as Usual paradigm reigns. It could be that one reason for this lack of personal acceptance of these events is that almost all of the communication is in the form of reports, charts, and statistics, i.e., the bells and mirrors of the Dead Parrot story. Stories are needed. 

ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to present the impact of implementing new solutions to increase the level of safety in air traffic. The author presents charts and statistics, which are a clear prerequisite to consideration of the need to implement innovative systems in the fastest growing modes of transport—aviation. In addition, illustrated the high demand of Polish economy to new technologies and its backwardness compared to other EU countries. For the preparation of this article the authors use available standards and statistics from Civil Aviation Authority. 

When the data are already in the computer, tracking lab performance using statistical techniques can be done with Htde effort. By having the data archived, historical trends can be charted and past process capabiUty compared to current capabiUty. This can be useful in responding to challenges to test results (30). The avadabihty of production data makes periodic comparison of process capabiUty to specification limits easy. 

Having completed the risk analyses, computed the uncertainties, and identified critical systems by importance measures (which also identifies valuable systems improvements having low costs), the PSA results must be presented. An executive summary compares the risk of operations that were analyzed with the risks of similar operations. It identifies and explains the main contributors to the risk to people untrained in PSA and statistical methods. Figure 6.3-5 shows two pie-charts that show the risk contributions of various initiators for PWRs and BWRs. A chart similar to one of these would be an effective way of showing the risk contributions in simplified form. 

The sets of technically and statistically acceptable results are represented in the form of bar-charts of which an example is given for Cu in Figure 3.1. The length of a bar corresponds to the 95 % confidence interval of the mean. The certified values... 

This book has only limited scope for describing control charts and the statistical theory on which they are based. Some simple applications are briefly described below, together with a simplified statistical explanation. For more detailed information, you should refer to the relevant standards and guides [1-5]. 

This chapter has considered two key aspects related to quality assurance - the use of control charts and the evaluation of measurement uncertainty. These activities, along with method validation, require some knowledge of basic statistics. The chapter therefore started with an introduction to the most important statistical terms. 

Analytical laboratories, especially quality assurance laboratories, will often maintain graphical records of statistical control so that scientists and technicians can note the history of the device, procedure, process, or method at a glance. The graphical record is called a control chart and is maintained on a regular basis, such as daily. It is a graph of the numerical value on the y-axis vs. the date on the x-axis. The chart is characterized by five horizontal lines designating the five numerical values that are important for statistical control. One is the value that is 3 standard deviations from the most desirable value on the positive side. Another is the value that is 3 standard deviations from the most desirable value on the negative side. These represent those values that are expected to occur only less than 0.3% of the time. These two numerical values are called the action limits because one point outside these limits is cause for action to be taken. 

The control can be enabled by multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) using process models, control charts and the like. 

A control chart displays statistically determined upper and lower limits drawn on either side of a proeess average. This chart shows if the eollected data are within upper and lower limits previously determined through statistical calculations of raw data from earlier trials. 

The construction of a control chart is based on statistical principles and statistical distributions, particularly the normal distribution. When used in conjunetion with a manufacturing process, such... 

The traditional approach to quality control is to generate charts of various kinds to monitor the performance of a production unit. At a superficial level, statistical process control (SPC) and statistical quality control (SQC) [9] are terms used interchangeably to describe traditional... 

In most applications, the choice between a variable control chart and an attribute control chart is clear-cut. In some cases, the choice will not be obvious. For instance, if the quality characteristic is the softness of an item, such as the case of pillow production, then either an actual measurement or a classification of softness can be used. Quality managers and engineers will have to consider several factors in the choice of a control chart, including cost, effort, sensitivity, and sample size. Variable control charts usually provide more information to analysts but cost more to implement and use. Attribute control charts are less sensitive and expensive but usually requires large samples to reach certain statistical significance. 

A second limitation to the rvalue charts occurs in the limited range of temperatures above the ice point. Table 4.5 presents the results of a comparison of the experimental three-phase data for hydrates with the predictions of the Kvst charts and the predictions from the statistical thermodynamics method in Chapter 5. In addition to the inaccuracies, it should be noted that 28% of the three-phase data could not be predicted via the Kvsi charts, principally due to chart temperature range limitations. 

Statistical process control (SPC), also called statistical quality control and process validation (PV), represents two sides of the same coin. SPC comprises the various mathematical tools (histogram, scatter diagram run chart, and control chart) used to monitor a manufacturing process and to keep it within in-process and final product specification limits. Lord Kelvin once said, When you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, then you know something about it. Such a thought provides the necessary link between the two concepts. Thus, SPC represents the tools to be used, while PV represents the procedural environment in which those tools are used. 

In this chapter, several types of control charts for the analysis of historical data are discussed. Explanations of the use of x and R charts, for both two or more measurements per batch and only one measurement per batch, are give, along with explanations of modified control charts and cusum charts. Starting with a brief exposition on the calculation of simple statistics, the construction and graphic analysis of x and R charts are demonstrated. The concepts of under control and out of control, as well as their relationship to test specifications, are included. The chapter concludes with consideration of the question of robustness of x and R charts. 

The licensee shall establish and maintain a statistical control system including control charts and formal statistical procedures, designed to monitor the quality of each type of program measurement. Control chart limits shall be established to be equivalent to levels of (statistical) significance of 0.05 and 0.001. Whenever control data exceed the 0.05 control limits, the licensee shall investigate the condition and take corrective action in a timely manner. 

Many questions on the GRE will test your ability to analyze data. Analyzing data can be in the form of statistical analysis (as in using measures of central location), finding probability, and reading charts and graphs. All these topics, and a few more, are covered in the following section. Don t worry, you are almost done This is the last review section before practice problems. Sharpen your pencil and brush off your eraser one more time before the fun begins. Next stop... statistical analysis ... 

The major objective in SPC is to use process data and statistical techniques to determine whether the process operation is normal or abnormal. The SPC methodology is based on the fundamental assumption that normal process operation can be characterized by random variations around a mean value. The random variability is caused by the cumulative effects of a number of largely unavoidable phenomena such as electrical measurement noise, turbulence, and random fluctuations in feedstock or catalyst preparation. If this situation exists, the process is said to be in a state of statistical control (or in control), and the control chart measurements tend to be normally distributed about the mean value. By contrast, frequent control chart violations would indicate abnormal process behavior or an out-of-control situation. Then a search would be initiated to attempt to identify the assignable cause or the. special cause of the abnormal behavior... 

By far the most famous implementations of Shewhart s basic logic come where the plotted statistic is either the mean, the range, or, less frequently, the standard deviation. Such charts are commonly known by the names x-bar charts, R charts, and 5 charts, respectively. As a basis of discussion of Shewhart charts, consider the data given in Table 5.4. These... 

The intent in this chapter is not to present in great detail the mathematics behind the statistical methods discussed. An excellent reference manual assembled by the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Fundamental Statistical Process Control, details process control systems, variation, action on special or common causes, process control and capability, process improvement, control charting, and benefits derived from using each of these tools. Reprinted with permission from the Fundamental Statistacal Process Control Reference Manual (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors Supplier uality Requirements Task Force , Measurement Systems Analysis, MSA Second Edition, 1995, ASQC Press. 

Calculate the upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL) for the average chart and the range chart these are the statistical signals that will show when the process is not running in its usual mode. Add the control limits to the charts (Exhibit 52.2). 

The critical analytical data should be tabulated and analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics (mean, coefficient of variation, extrema), control charts, and trend analysis [17]. If the data of several years are included, yearly means may be... 

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