Statistical methods - Does anyone really use them?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 961-972

  Bergquist, Bjarne ^a   Albing, Malin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capability index; Capability indices; Design of experiments; Experimental design; Statistical process control survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751550934     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360600747762     Document Type: Review

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