Paper 0542 541 06A
STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
This unit covers the competencies required to apply statistics in quality controls. The competencies include data sampling and collection, coding and presentation, analysis, and application of statistical tools in quality control.
On completion, a candidate should be able to
- Sample and collect statistical data
- Code and present statistical data
- Analyse statistical data
- Apply statistical tools in quality control.
Content
- 1
Sample and collect statistical data
Sample and collect statistical data
- 1.1
Terms and concepts in statistics
- 1.2
Sampling and statistical data collection
- 1.2.1
Definition of sampling
- 1.2.2
Types and limitations of sampling
- 1.2.3
Importance of sampling.
- 1.3
Determination of sample size.
- 1.4
Determination of confidence levels.
- 1.5
Types of errors.
- 1.6
Precision and accuracy determination.
- 1.7
Sampling and census
- 1.8
Standard error
- 1.9
Types of statistical data
- 1.10
Statistical data collection methods
- 2
Code and present statistical data
Code and present statistical data
- 2.1
Statistical data coding and presentation
- 2.2
Data coding
- 2.3
Data entry
- 2.4
Data Editing
- 2.5
Tabulation of data
- 2.6
Classification of data
- 2.7
Presentation of tables and charts
- 3
Analyze statistical data
Analyze statistical data
- 3.1
Data analysis software
- 3.1.1
Qlik Sense
- 3.1.2
XLSTAT
- 3.1.3
IBM SPSS
- 3.1.4
MATLAB
- 3.1.5
GoodData
- 3.1.6
Tableau
- 3.1.7
Zoho Analytics
- 3.1.8
Chartio
- 3.1.9
Sisense
- 3.2
Measures of central tendency
- 3.2.1
Definition of Measures of the central tendency
- 3.2.2
Computation of the measures of central tendency
- 3.2.3
Graphical determination of the measures
- 3.2.4
Comparison of the measures
- 3.2.5
Application of measures of central tendency
- 3.3
Measures of dispersion
- 3.3.1
Computation of Measures of dispersion
- 3.3.2
Application of Measures of dispersion
- 3.3.3
Definition of relative Measures of dispersion
- 3.3.4
Computation and interpretation of relative Measures of dispersion
- 3.4
Probability distribution
- 3.4.1
Types of events
- 3.4.2
Laws of probability
- 3.4.3
Counting techniques
- 3.4.4
Mathematical expectation
- 3.4.5
Types and characteristics of a probability distribution
- 3.5
The standard deviation of a probability density function
- 3.6
Mean, variance, and standard deviation using binomial distribution
- 3.7
Poisson distribution
- 3.8
Normal distribution
- 3.9
Moments, skewness, and kurtosis
- 4
Apply statistical tools in quality control.
Apply statistical tools in quality control.
- 4.1
Scatter diagrams
- 4.2
Control charts
- 4.3
X-Chart
- 4.4
R-Chart
- 4.5
P-Chart
- 4.6
C-Chart
- 4.7
Pareto analysis
- 4.8
Six Sigma
- 4.9
Cause and effect diagram
- 4.10
Establishing product or process control status