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Statistical process control 780


 
Module code SPC 780
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Module content

Quality control and improvement. Shewhart, cumulative sum (CUSUM), exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) and Q control charts. Univariate and multivariate control charts.  Determining process and measurement systems capability. Parametric and nonparametric (distribution-free) control charts. Constructing control charts using Microsoft Excel and/or SAS. Obtaining run-length characteristics via simulations, the integral equation approach, other approximate methods and the Markov-chain approach.
Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 08
Service modules Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites Admission to either BScHons Statistics and Data Science or BComHons Statistics and Data Science.
Contact time 1 lecture per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Statistics
Period of presentation Semester 1 or Semester 2
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