Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control, Third Edition presents the state of the art in the methodology of sampling while integrating both theory and best practices. It discusses various standards, including those from the ISO, MIL-STD and ASTM and explores how to set quality levels. The book also includes problems at the end of each chapter with solutions. This edition improves upon theprevious editions especially in the areas of software applications and compliance sampling plans.
New to the Third Edition:
Numerous Microsoft Excel templates to address sampling plans are used.
Commercial software applications are discussed at the end of many chapters.
Discussion of quick switching systems has been expanded to account for the considerable recent activity in this area.
Added discussion of zero acceptance number chained quick switching systems.
Review
Praise for the Second Edition:
… a very well-presented book, covering the classic topics of inspection sampling in a thorough, lucid and insightful way. … [It] is an elegant and comprehensive resource for the knowledgeable user, and so well written that the beginner will also find it congenial and rewarding…
―John Shade, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
[The] first edition of Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control is a classic, and is considered by many as a "must have book" for anyone working in quality control. … With the current expectations of continuous improvement, [and] rigorous process control …some may tend to think that acceptance sampling is not as important as it was in the past. However, with a world economy and ever improving technology, the relationship between customers and suppliers has changed dramatically with distance, cultures, and language all having an impact. This makes acceptance sampling as important as ever and this book as relevant as ever.
―Theresa L. Utlaut, Journal of Quality Technology