Data Collection and Quality Management Paper
Data is collected to learn the effectiveness of a particular tool in preventing defects or to look into the cause of a particular defect (Burrill, Ledolter, p.381 ¶1). Data removes the trepidation and uncertainty of an unknown element. For example, opinions vary from person to person and what one person thinks as good, there is another that thinks otherwise and yet another that may have a neutral opinion. One reason for collecting data is to gain an understanding of the data by organizing and graphing the individual values (Albert, Rossman, p.1 ¶2). Secondly, and most importantly, collecting data helps draw conclusions about a larger group of information (Albert, Rossman, p.1 ¶3).
There are other reasons to collect data. Data also helps people to understand the processes with which they work. Data can also be collected for the purpose of process control. Numerous manufacturing processes use feedback data to adjust an input, such......
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