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A Practical Procedure for Developing p-Charts

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  • Wagner Bret J.
  • Golhar Damodar Y.

    (Department of Management, Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA)

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The question of how to determine an appropriate sample size n for an attribute control chart has been the subject of a number of research papers. Unfortunately, this stream of research has neither produced tools that are easy to understand, nor it does provide a manager with a good understanding of the tradeoffs involved by the sample size decision. In this paper, we propose a practical method of determining an appropriate sample size that allows the manager to evaluate the tradeoffs between the ability to detect an out-of-control process, the probability of generating a “false alarm” and the sample size (which will determine the cost of implementing the sampling plan).

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  • Wagner Bret J. & Golhar Damodar Y., 2006. "A Practical Procedure for Developing p-Charts," Stochastics and Quality Control, De Gruyter, vol. 21(1), pages 13-29, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:ecqcon:v:21:y:2006:i:1:p:13-29:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/EQC.2006.13
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