Information in an Industrial Culture: Walter A. Shewhart and the Evolution of the Control Chart, 1917–1954.

This study analyzes the factors that shaped Walter Shewhart's 1924 development of the control chart at Bell Telephone Laboratories. The control chart is a graphical construct that uses probability theory to analyze deviations from expected levels of performance within systems of repetitive action. A...

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Published in:	Information & Culture Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 179 - 220
Main Authors:	Bradford, Phillip G., Miranti, Paul J.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Texas Press 2019
Subjects:	Quality control charts Shewhart, Walter Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. Probability theory Statistical quality control Production standards
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost