Serial correlation of quality control data - On the use of proper control charts

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Winkel, P ^a   Zhang, N F ^b  

^a Section of Endocrinology   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Control charts; EWMA chart; EWMAST chart; Quality control; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042539316     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510410005442     Document Type: Article

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