Evaluating the measurement process

by Donald J. Wheeler, Richard W. Lyday

This book presents a clear and straightforward treatment of the questions surrounding the measurement process. It begins with the Four Foundations of Shewhart's Control Charts and proceeds, in a logical and orderly fashion, to use control chart techniques to address the 10 most common questions about physical measurement processes. The simple control chart techniques presented do not require extensive computations, and the results are easily interpreted. The topics covered Measurement Discrimination Measurement Consistency Measurement Bias Operator Error Instrument Error The Ability of Measurements to Detect Process Variation

106 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989