TY - JOUR AU1 - Tortora, Robert D. AB - BOOK REVIEWS 469 One controls rambunctious children, animals, dis­ tributions: mound shaped, J-shaped, and U-shaped. eases, and processes. The analytical chemist uses a Deviations from normality are shown to have little control sample to check on an analytical procedure. effect on the various control-chart constants. No one would call this an "analytical behavior sam­ I highly recommend this book to all who need to pie". But not to worry. The term "control chart" know about the application of control charts and to has existed for about seventy years, and there is no those who simply like to read very well-written ma­ evidence of its imminent demise. terial on the subject. The only flaw I detected was In his seminal book, Shewhart (1931) makes no de­ in the index. Gauss's name was Carl Friedrich Gauss mand on the distribution of the characteristic to be not Karl Frederick Gauss. plotted on a control chart. How then can we explain References the idea that normality is, if not required, at least highly desirable? I believe that it has come about NELSON, L. S. (1998). "The Anderson-Darling Test for Nor­ through the many statistical studies of control-chart mality". Journal of Quality Technology 30, TI - Sampling: Design and Analysis JF - Journal of Quality Technology DO - 10.1080/00224065.2000.11980036 DA - 2000-10-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/sampling-design-and-analysis-0x0u2ePF01 SP - 469 EP - 470 VL - 32 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -