Table of Contents
| CHAPTER 1: THE CERTIFIED QUALITY ENGINEER EXAM |
| 1.0 The Exam |
| 2.0 Suggestions for Study |
| 3.0 CQE Examination Content |
| CHAPTER 2: BASIC QUALITY CONCEPTS |
| 1.0 The Nature of Variation |
| 2.0 Quality |
| 3.0 Quality Systems |
| 4.0 Quality Systems Standards |
| 5.0 Fundamental Principles |
| 6.0 Human Factors |
| 7.0 A Brief History of Quality Control |
| CHAPTER 3: BASIC PROBABILITY |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 Events |
| 3.0 Probability |
| 4.0 Methods to Determine Probability Values |
| 5.0 Multiplication Theorem |
| 6.0 Addition Theorem |
| 7.0 Counting Techniques - Permutations and Combinations |
| 8.0 Probability Distributions |
| 9.0 Conditional Probability |
| 10.0 Probability Roadmap |
| 11.0 Venn Diagrams |
| CHAPTER 4: STATISTICS |
| 1.0 Continuous Distributions |
| 2.0 Measures of Central Tendency |
| 3.0 Measures of Spread or Dispersion |
| 4.0 Histograms and Frequency Distributions |
| 5.0 Shapes of Distributions |
| 6.0 The Normal Curve |
| 7.0 Discrete Distributions |
| 8.0 Tolerances |
| 9.0 Determination of Sample Size |
| 10.0 Process Capability Analysis |
| 11.0 Pareto Analysis |
| CHAPTER 5: STATISTICAL INFERENCE |
| 1.0 Hypothesis Testing |
| 2.0 Decision Errors |
| 3.0 How a Hypothesis is Tested |
| 4.0 Test for Goodness of Fit |
| 5.0 Inferences about Two Means |
| CHAPTER 6: SAMPLING PLANS |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 Methods of Checking Product |
| 3.0 Acceptance Sampling Plans |
| 4.0 The Operating Characteristic Curve |
| 5.0 The Average Outgoing Quality Curve |
| 6.0 Probability Nomographs |
| 7.0 Sampling Plan Construction |
| 8.0 Glossary of Terms |
| CHAPTER 7: CONTROL CHARTS |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 Control Chart Concepts |
| 3.0 Variables Control Charts |
| 4.0 Attribute Control Charts |
| 5.0 Tests for Unnatural Patterns |
| 6.0 Control Chart Patterns |
| 7.0 Factors for Computing Control Limits |
| 8.0 Data Sheet for Control Charts |
| 9.0 Control Chart Paper |
| CHAPTER 8: RELIABILITY |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 Reliability Systems |
| CHAPTER 9: REGRESSION AND CORRELATION |
| 1.0 Regression |
| 2.0 Method of Least Squares |
| 3.0 Correlation |
| CHAPTER 10: COST OF QUALITY |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 The Two Fundamental Costs of Quality |
| 3.0 Why Study the Cost of Quality |
| 4.0 Cost of Quality Objectives |
| 5.0 Cost of Quality Categories |
| 6.0 Basic Approaches to Cost of Quality |
| 7.0 Cost of Quality Direction and Goals |
| CHAPTER 11: DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 Factorial Design |
| 3.0 Latin Square Design |
| 4.0 Glossary of Terms |
| CHAPTER 12: METROLOGY AND CALIBRATION |
| 1.0 Introduction |
| 2.0 ISO 9000 Requirements for Calibration |
| 3.0 The National Institute for Science and Technology |
| 4.0 The Calibration Program |
| 5.0 Traceability |
| 6.0 Measurement Error and Measurement Uncertainty |
| 7.0 Determining Instrument Capability |
| 8.0 Meeting Test Specifications |
| 9.0 Test Procedures |
| 10.0 Reliability and Performance Metrics |
| 11.0 Glossary of Terms |
| APPENDIX A: STATISTICAL TABLES |
Poisson Distribution |
Standard Normal Curve |
t - Distribution |
F – Distribution |
Chi Square Distribution |
| APPENDIX B: PROBABILITY NOMOGRAPHS |
Binomial Nomograph |
Thorndike Chart |
L Tool for Thorndike Chart |