Six sigma and introductory statistics education

Education + Training

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 82-89

  Maleyeff, John ^a   Kaminsky, Frank C ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality; Statistics; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242360272     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910210419982     Document Type: Article

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