Reference Materials and QA
Training CD-ROM
Use of LRM in Quality Control:
Control Charts and Interlaboratory Testing (CD-ROM / or download)
Training CD-ROM
Leopoldo Cortez & Kees J.M. Kramer
MERMAYDE, Groet, Netherlands.
Available in 18 languages (see below) for only € 49 (excluding shipment and VAT)
[discounts: n=4-9: -10%; n=10-19: -20%; n>19: -30%].
For Purchase Orders use the 'Order Form'.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. Training on the "Use of RMs in Control Charts"
(MS PowerPoint presentation)- RMs as QC standards
- Shewhart charts (according to ISO 8258 standard):
- Average and Range charts
- Individual and Moving Range charts
- Evaluation rules
- Tolerance charts
- Guidance on practical implementation
- 2. Spreadsheets for "Implementation of Control Charts"
(MS Excel format)- Options available ('light' version):
- Average and Range chart (ISO 8258)
- Individual and Moving Range chart (ISO 8258)
- Features:
- Easy introduction of data (Copy+Paste)
- Number of data points: 30 per worksheet
- Implementation of Average and Range chart
- Automatic calculation of each charts' warning and control limits
- Automatic flagging of main abnormals
- Prediction of future chart limits
- Full MS-Excel functionality
- Graphical display and printing option
- Tutorial included
- 3. Case Studies "Implementation of Control Charts"
(PDF format)- Implementation of Individual and Moving Range charts
- Selection of charts
- Calculation of limits
- Evaluation of abnormal data
- Implementation of Average and Range charts
- Can be used with the Excel worksheet file
- With answers
- 4. Training on the "Use of RMs in Proficiency Testing"
(MS PowerPoint presentation)- RMs as samples for PT schemes
- Types of Interlaboratory Tests:
- Proficiency Testing (PT)
- Certification exercises
- Standardisation trials
- Proficiency Test organisation
- Reference values and acceptable errors (Deviation values)
- Methods for defining consensus parameters:
- Classical approach (outlier testing)
- Robust approach (Winsorisation)
- Performance Statistics:
- %-Error, Z-scores and En numbers
- Combined scores
- 5. Spreadsheets for "Implementation of PT calculations"
(MS Excel format)- Options available ('light' version):
- Classical approach (outlier testing)
- Robust approach (Winsorisation)
- Features:
- Easy introduction of data (Copy+Paste)
- Maximum number of laboratories: 30
- Outlier testing (cf. Hampel)
- Estimation of robust parameters (ISO 5725-5 algorithm)
- Calculation of Z-scores
- Full MS-Excel functionality
- Graphical display and printing option
- Tutorial included
- 6. Case Studies "Implementation of PT calculations"
(PDF format) - With test data sets
- Evaluation of data sets
- Calculation of Z-scores
- Discussion of different methods:
- Classical vs. Robust approach
- Consensus vs Expert approach
- Can be used with the Excel worksheet file
- With answers
- This Training Tool is currently available in 18 languages:
Bulgarian, Czech, English, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Spanish. - Operates with: MS-Windows 2000 and higher, including Windows 10; MS-Office 97 and later, including Excel 2019
- For more information please contact us.
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