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Sampling for quality control
I would like to do some quality control study for a set of manufactured components. For a given set, I can draw several samples. Each drawn sample can be either good or bad. My plan is to create a ...
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Method to remove bad values in time series (bad values known to take on a particular value)
This sounds easy, but I don't know of a good statistical method for it.
I have a time series that has (good) data points that range from ~3.5 to 30. The data are collected by an automated sensor. ...
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Measuring k-means clustering quality on training and test sets
I'm working on implementing streaming k-means in Mahout. The code is mostly done and we're talking about how to integrate the code.
As part of the quality evaluations, I want to know how the ...
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Data analysis on multiuser environment
I have following environment that I'd like to analyze.
My company is divided in two teams:
Insert Team (composed by 150 persons)
Quality Check Team (composed by 10 persons)
Suppose that all ...
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Software quality control references
I'm looking for references on statistical quality control of software.
My searches have turned up a lot of writing on how to predict the time that software projects will take, and also software ...
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Algorithim to determine if point is “too far from the average”
Long story short I have a collection of about 30 scripts that manipulate data sets and place them in a database. These scripts report their running times as well as any errors that occur to a ...
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Validating data set using standard deviation
Suppose I have two data sets. The average of one data set is 5.5 secs and the standard deviation is 0.0435. The average of the other data set is 5.2 secs but the standard deviation is 0.5123. I know ...
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Where can I find online notes about statistical process control?
Please could you someone help me to find online resources related to the topic of quality control (statistical process control)
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How to judge if a datapoint deviates substantially from the norm
This is statistics 101, but I'm not a statistician and so can't seem to find the right technical jargon to google.
My company collects data at discreet points through time. Today's datapoint is ...
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How to calculate margin of error for a binomial quality control experiment where only successes are observed (including FPC)?
Wikipedia's Margin of Error entry says that
a random sample of size 400 will give a margin of error, at a 95%
confidence level, of 0.98/20 or 0.049 - just under 5%
given an infinite ...
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Looking for aberrations in time based data
Looking at IO latency data for a storage array. When a drive is about to fail, one indication is an increase in the IO operations 'time to complete'. The array kindly provides this data in this ...
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How to properly set up hypothesis testing in an operations reporting environment
I am in charge of quality control of n = 400 reports. Most of the quality checks are automated, but some have to be manual. I need to figure out how many reports my team needs to check manually in ...
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Find degradation rate on a scatterplot
I work for a commercial printing company, and am collecting data regarding the quality of our printing over time (density and dot gains). Essentially, for every job I have a date, a density, and a ...
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How to verify extremely low error rates
I am faced with trying to demonstrate through testing an extremely low error rate for a sensor (no more than 1 error in 1,000,000 attempts). We have limited time to conduct the experiment so we ...
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Calculate quality estimates for distribution of real data
Imagine I have measured heights of humans (in cm) and show the data in a histogram:
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Software for learning statistical quality control
I'm taking a course in Statistical Quality Control as an elective in my masters program. We're using Montgomery's Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 6th Edition.
The book uses minitab ...
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What are some quick initial tests to check the quality of a new dataset? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Essential data checking tests
When you are presented with a dataset, what are some quick things you can look for to get a feel of how 'good' the dataset is. ('Good' in ...
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How to assess prevalence of grossly inaccurate data in recorded body weights in medical records?
I have around 5 million observations of weights of patients over the course of a year. Some patients have one measurement during that year and others have 30-40 (or more). I've noticed a great deal ...
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What is the mathematical difference between Cpk and Ppk?
I am trying to understand the mathematical difference between Cpk and Ppk used in Statistical Process Control (SPC). I have gone through the web but all I found a confusing and more confusing ...
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Proofreading lots of documents based on small sample
I have gazillion documents (your tax return) that I need to check for correctness, but I don't the manpower nor the will power to read through all of it. Even if I do, I can not guarantee the quality ...
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Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) guidelines for a database
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I am overseeing the input of data from primary literature into a database. The data entry process is error prone, particularly because users must interpret experimental design, extract ...
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Computing unbiased estimators of $\sigma$ for m samples of size n
Three unbiased estimators of standard deviation have been presented in the literature for m samples of size n. The first one is based on the sample ranges and can be obtained by
$\hat \sigma_1 = ...
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How do I get people to take better care of data?
My workplace has employees from a very wide range of disciplines, so we generate data in lots of different forms. Consequently, each team has developed its own system for storing data. Some use ...
