This text is highly recommended for managers and serious students of quality. Major US companies issue this reference and training manual to all managers during their quality training. This volume is also very valuable as a stand-alone reference on using statistics with a business and quality perspe
Statistical Methods and the Improvement of Data Quality
β Scribed by Tommy Wright
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc, Academic Press
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 358
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xv
Acknowledgments, Page xvii
ERRORS AND OTHER LIMITATIONS OF SURVEYS, Pages 1-24, Tore Dalenius
A FRAME ON FRAMES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 25-72, Tommy Wright, How J. Tsao
DATA COLLECTION FOR DETAILS OVER SPACE AND TIME, Pages 73-84, Leslie Kish
RESPONSE EFFECTS TO BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE QUESTIONS, Pages 85-115, Seymour Sudman
ERROR PROFILES: USES AND ABUSES, Pages 117-130, Barbara A. Bailar
PRINCIPLES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING OUTLIERS IN DATA SETS, Pages 131-166, Vic Barnett
INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS, OUTLIER DETECTION, AND DATA EDITING, Pages 167-176, Michael R. Chernick
USING EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS TO MONITOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA QUALITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Pages 177-191, Paul F. Velleman, David F. Williamson
APPLICATION OF PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES TO DATA ANALYSIS, Pages 193-204, R.C. Gonzalez
CAN AUTOMATIC DATA EDITING BE JUSTIFIED? ONE PERSON'S OPINION, Pages 205-213, Gunar Liepins
MISSING DATA IN LARGE DATA SETS, Pages 215-243, Roderick J.A. Little, Donald B. Rubin
REDUCING THE COST OF STUDYING SURVEY MEASUREMENT ERROR: IS A LABORATORY APPROACH THE ANSWER?, Pages 245-265, Judith T. Lessler, Richard A. Kulka
THE IMPLICATION OF SAMPLE DESIGN ON SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS, Pages 267-295, Rick L. Williams, Ralph E. Folsom, Lisa Morrissey LaVange
AN APPROACH TO AN EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF MOTOR GASOLINE PRICES, Pages 297-319, Arthur R. Silverberg
HEALTH AND MORTALITY STUDY ERROR DETECTION, REPORTING, AND RESOLUTION SYSTEM, Pages 321-332, Katherine C. Gissel, Martha L. Wray, Martha S. Hansard
ON USING EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS AS AN AID IN MODELING AND STATISTICAL FORECASTING, Pages 333-353, Thomas A. Curran III, Robert D. Small
Index, Pages 355-357
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