SPC for the Rest of Us [Paperback]

Hy Pitt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 28, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0966952006 | ISBN-13: 978-0966952001

One of the best written books on statisticial process control. It makes the difficult subject of statistics easy to understand and learn.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Hy Pitt combines extensive technical expertise with an interactive hands-on style that makes SPC easy to understand. -- Debra Owens, VP, Corporate Quality Management, Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Hy Pitt is the best SPC teacher, period. ... Hy Pitt loves SPC and it shows. -- Raymond Wachniak, Corporate Director Quality (Retired) Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

It is one of the best written and easy to understand books on statistics ever published. -- Lawrence K. Meyers, Nationally Recognized Design of Experiments Expert, Principal, K. W. Tunnell Company, Inc.

About the Author

Author, Teacher, lecturer, and consultant, Hy Pitt is a Fellow of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) and its former director of education and training. He is internationally recognized for his teaching skills, and is listed in Who's Who in the MidWest and in American Men and Women of Science. Hy Pitt developed and administered the world-famous ASQ-certified quality engineer (CQE) exam program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 430 pages
• Publisher: K. W. Tunnell Company, Inc. (November 28, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0966952006
• ISBN-13: 978-0966952001
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,164,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Subject Made Understandable, April 18, 2000

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Joseph A. Hare (Wallingford, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SPC for the Rest of Us (Paperback)

I hate to use the word "easy" when speaking about statistics but this book comes as close as you can get to easy reading and understanding of this subject. It is a great book for the novice as well as a handy reference for those who have experience with statisticial process control.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very practical approach in a language that does not intimidate., October 18, 2010

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Alain Ariel Bendijo (Taguig, Metro Manila Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SPC for the Rest of Us (Paperback)

Although a bit dated (I have the 1994 edition), I enjoy the non-intimidating approach to what would usually be a very intimidating subject for most of us. The author presented SPC in a language and manner most easily understood and appreciated by us non-statistics oriented individuals. I most certainly enjoyed the very pragmatic approach to the discussion on control charts. Although not devoid of math, and I normally cringe whenever I start seeing those big greek sigma summation symbols, the approach is very practical and easily digested. The chapter on the normal distribution has helped me greatly. I am reading this book as a secondary reference for a six sigma certification and I find the tone in my six sigma materials to be thoroughly confusing.

5.0 out of 5 stars SPC from the ground up., April 15, 2011

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Andrew "Master of Random Skills" (Dayton, OH, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SPC for the Rest of Us (Paperback)

This book is great becasue it only assumes you have a basic understanding of algebra. The statistics start there and build up to cover most of the SPC you will see in Quality Control. Early in my quality career this was a great starting point and now years later I still find this book to be a good plain text reference. My only criticism is that it is not longer.