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The Importance of Understanding Conditional Probability

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A lot of people in my classes struggle with conditional probability. Don’t feel alone, though. A lot of people get this (and simple probability, for that matter) wrong.

Statistical Analysis: The Underpinning of All Things Quality

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There are many subjects that we cover regularly here at Quality Digest.

Three Powerful Insights From a VP of Quality

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As the vice president of quality for a $1.5 billion-dollar industrial corporation, Hermann Miskelly is responsible for leading its continuous improvement effort.

Seeing All the Scenarios With Monte Carlo Simulation

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Anticipating challenges is always a daunting task for continuous improvement professionals. Unforeseen inefficiencies in process or defects in product development can throw timelines and associated costs into disarray.

The Math Behind the Perfect Free Throw

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Some 20 years ago, my colleague Chau Tran and I developed a way to simulate the trajectories of millions of basketballs on the computer.

Putting Statistics Into Forensic Firearms Identification

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<em>Process Capability Analysis</em>

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Drive Efficiency in Your Process

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Sustaining Predictable and Economic Operation: What Does It Take?

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Entropy. It feels a bit like that.
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A Bell-Shaped Distribution Does Not Imply Only Common Cause Variation

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Credit: Luc Galoppin

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Story update 9/26/2017: The words "distribution of" were inadvertently left out of the last sentence of the second paragraph.

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