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CHAPTER I-STATISTICAL CONTROL INTRODUCTION SOME IMPORTANT HISTORICAL STAGES IN THE CONTROL OF QUALITY THE STATE OF STATISTICAL CONTROL STATISTICAl. CONTROL AS AN OPERATION THE JUDGMENT OF STATISTICAL CONTROL THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STATISTICAL CONTROL THE FUTURE OF STATISTICS IN MASS PRODUCTION CHAPTER II-HOW ESTABLISH LIMITS OF VARIABILITY? WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE PROBLEM? THE PROBLEM FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF STATISTICAL THEORY HOW ESTABLISH TOLERANCE LIMITS IN THE SIMPLEST CASE? HOW ESTABLISH TOLERANCE LIMITS IN THE PRACTICAL CASE? FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING TOLERANCE LIMITS CHAPTER III-THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF MEASUREMENTS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM THREE COMPONENTS OF KNOWLEDGE~EVIDENCE, PREDICTION, DEGREE OF BELIEF THE RESULTS OF MEASUREMENT PRESENTED AS ORIGINAL DATA THE RESULTS OF MEASUREMENT PRESENTED AS MEANINGFUL PREDIC-TIONS THE RESULTS OF MEASUREMENT PRESENTED AS KNOWLEDGE-IDEAL CONDITIONS THE RESULTS OF MEASUREMENT PRESENTED AS KNOWLEDGE-CUSTOMARY CONDITIONS CONCLUDING COMMENTS CHAPTER IV-THE SPECIFICATION OF ACCURACY AND PRECISION VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM THE MEANING OF ACCURACY AND PRECISION-PRELIMINARY COMMENTS OPERATIONAL MEANING THE OPERATIONAL MEANING OF ACCURACY AND PRECISION CONCLUSIONS EPILOGUE SOME COMMENTS ON SYMBOLS AND NOMENCLATURE