COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IST 2065 STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Statistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI RIZA FIRUZAN

Offered to

Statistics
Statistics(Evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to make the students comprehend the importance of quality and quality improvement in modern business life. The students are expected to be able to use appropriate quality control charts, make process capability analysis and interpret their findings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describing fundamental elements of quality
2   Distinguishing between qualitative and quantitative control charts
3   Applying the appropriate control chart to the data set
4   Calculating and interpreting appropriate process capability indices
5   Interpreting the results of control charts and process capability

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions of quality concepts
2 Statistical process control
3 Quality improvement tools
4 Variable control charts (x-bar and R control charts)
5 Variable control charts (x-bar and s control charts)
6 Interpretation of control charts
7 Process capability analysis
8 Process capability indices
9 Chart selection in qualitative and quantitative data
10 Attribute control charts - Number of nonconforming control chart (np) and Proportion of nonconforming control chart (p)
11 Attribute control charts - Control chart for nonconformities (c) and Control chart for number of nonconformities per unit (u)
12 Acceptance sampling
13 Single and double acceptance sampling plans for attributes
14 Multiple and sequential acceptance sampling plans for attributes

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
D. C. Montgomery, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Canada, 2009.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. A. Mitra, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1998.
2. D. H. Besterfield, Quality Control, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, project homework, problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 BNS FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.35 + ASG * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.35 + ASG * 0.15 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of exams and project homework

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Fen Fakültesi Istatistik Bölümü
e-mail: aliriza.firuzan@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 85 57

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 4 40
Tutorials 4 4 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 36 36
Project Preparation 2 3 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 2 4 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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