ME C 443 Quality Control,

Assurance and Reliability

L-15
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Review of Last Class

• Discontinuous Distribution
• Binomial Distribution
• Poisson’s Distribution

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 Continuous Distribution

• Continuous random variables may assume an infinite number

of values over a finite or infinite range.
• The probability distribution of a continuous random variable X
is referred as probability density function
• The total area under the probability density function is1.

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Normal Distribution

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Octane rating of a fuel

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Std. Deviation

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68-95-99.7 Rule

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Six Sigma Levels

In general, if the mean is six standard deviations from both control limits, the likelihood of a
part exceeding the control limits from random variation is practically zero (2 in
1,000,000,000).
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Standard Normal Distribution

Density function is given by:

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Example

• The length of a machined part is known to have a normal

distribution with a mean of 100 mm and a standard deviation
of 2 mm.
• What proportion of the parts will be above 103.3 mm?
• What proportion of the output will be between 98.5 and 102.0
mm?
• What proportion of the parts will be shorter than 96.5 mm?
It is important that not many of the parts exceed the desired
length.
• If a manager stipulates that no more than 5% of the parts
should be oversized, what specification limit should be
recommended?

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Thanks

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