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Statistical Process Control in the Practice of Program Evaluation:

Statistical Process Control in the Practice of Program Evaluation: Articles Process Control in Statistical the Practice of Evaluation Program EMIL POSAVAC J. INTRODUCTION evaluation methods have been enriched from influences by Program experimental and Evaluation has been economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology. methodology much less influenced fields such as industrial and by engineering management science; a to monitor the of manufactured however, technique developed quality products, statistical control several features that attractive process (SPC), incorporates may prove to evaluators. This reviews the of SPC and then how paper very briefly history suggests this can enrich the of evaluation. approach practice program SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY SPC OF Walter A. Shewhart to the of made AT&T (1931) sought improve quality products by in the 1920s. He the of of manufactured small developed technique taking many samples critical variables and statistics (for example, size), (such parts, measuring recording sample as means or on charts to track of how the items matched the proportions) keep closely design specifications. to His crucial was note that variation from to must be insight sample sample expected even when the is as items are not manufactured process working designed. Although identical to each he discovered that there is a amount of &dquo;normal&dquo; other, predictable variation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Evaluation Practice SAGE

Statistical Process Control in the Practice of Program Evaluation:

Posavac, Emil J.
Evaluation Practice , Volume 16 (2): 10 – Sep 3, 2016
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Articles Process Control in Statistical the Practice of Evaluation Program EMIL POSAVAC J. INTRODUCTION evaluation methods have been enriched from influences by Program experimental and Evaluation has been economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology. methodology much less influenced fields such as industrial and by engineering management science; a to monitor the of manufactured however, technique developed quality products, statistical control several features that attractive process (SPC), incorporates may prove to evaluators. This reviews the of SPC and then how paper very briefly history suggests this can enrich the of evaluation. approach practice program SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY SPC OF Walter A. Shewhart to the of made AT&T (1931) sought improve quality products by in the 1920s. He the of of manufactured small developed technique taking many samples critical variables and statistics (for example, size), (such parts, measuring recording sample as means or on charts to track of how the items matched the proportions) keep closely design specifications. to His crucial was note that variation from to must be insight sample sample expected even when the is as items are not manufactured process working designed. Although identical to each he discovered that there is a amount of &dquo;normal&dquo; other, predictable variation

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