Against All Odds:   Inside Statistics

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Series Content Developer:    David S. Moore, Purdue University

Notes on the series by Ed Mansfield (edited by Stan Sclove)

PROGRAM 18:     The Sample Mean and Control Charts

32:13     Against All Odds logo
32:44 Teresa:   Gambling.


Lesson Objectives:

  1. Sample means,
  2. Central limit theorem,
  3. Control charts.
33:55     Teresa:   Roulette.
Finding the mean winnings when betting on "red" many times.      [1:09 ]
35:04    Interviews with gamblers.
How and why casinos keep players coming back.
Steven Norton & John Belisle, Resorts International.
40:44   Teresa:   Central limit theorem.
Illustrated from the gamblers point of view with 50 $1 bets;
then from the casino's side with 1000 and 100,000 $1 bets .
47:03   STORY: Frito Lay Potato Chips
How and why Statistical Process Control (SPC) is used in the production of chips.
Anthony Gallonio and Don Strickert, Quality Assurance.
50:12   Teresa:   Control charts.
Construction and use of control charts for the salt content of potato chips.
See color-coded control charts. 
52:39 Decision rules for control charts.
53:41 Dr. W. Edwards Deming.
How Japan reversed its economy by using Dr. Deming's ideas of quality.
What American management MUST do to survive.
Prof. Robert Hayes, Harvard Business School, and Frank Fagan, SQC Analyst. (A must-see segment.) [ 3:55]
57:36    Teresa:     Closing comments.
58:05 END OF PROGRAM. 
If you want to see more about Dr. Deming, the one-hour video "The Deming of America" is available in UIC's Architecture & Art Library, 3rd floor of Douglas Hall. Also, Dr. Deming wrote several books, and there are many books about him and his philosophy. 
latest revision       7-Oct-2001