The Royal Statistical Society History of Statistics and Quality Improvement Sections are hosting a joint celebration of the 100th birthday of Walter Shewhart's invention of Statistical Process Control and the control chart.
Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024, 3.00PM - 5.00PM GMT
Meeting Format: Hybrid - Virtual and in-person
There will be four talks followed by a discussion:
· Penny Reynolds (ASA History of Statistics SIG, RSS History of Statistics Section): Walter Shewhart, and a Century of the Control Chart: Epiphany, Evolution, Eclipse
· John Aldrich (RSS History of Statistics Section) Shewhart's Links to RSS
· Jonathan Smyth-Renshaw (RSS Quality Improvement Section) What was Shewhart's intent for SPC?
· Roland Caulcutt (RSS Quality Improvement Section) Shewhart charts aren't always suitable.
Registration fee: The seminar is FREE to RSS members; Non-RSS members: £10
For more information and to register: RSS - RSS History of Statistics & Quality Improvement Sections (Joint Event) 'Happy 100th Birthday SPC' (Online)
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Penny Reynolds PhD
Past Chair, ASA History of Statistics Special Interest Group
Section Editor, 'History Chronicles', ASA CHANCE
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