Walter A. Shewhart Professions : Engineer Born : March 18, 1891 Died : March 11, 1967 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Walter A. Shewhart Postulate 1. All chance systems of causes are not alike in the sense that they enable us to predict the future in terms of the past. Walter A. Shewhart causes chance past Postulate 3. Assignable causes of variation may be found and eliminated. Walter A. Shewhart variation causes may Both pure and applied science have gradually pushed further and further the requirements for accuracy and precision. However, applied science, particularly in the mass production of interchangeable parts, is even more exacting than pure science in certain matters of accuracy and precision. Walter A. Shewhart requirements mass matter Rule 1. Original data should be presented in a way that will preserve the evidence in the original data for all the predictions assumed to be useful. Walter A. Shewhart predictions data way Every sentence in order to have definite scientific meaning must be practically or at least theoretically verifiable as either true or false upon the basis of experimental measurements either practically or theoretically obtainable by carrying out a definite and previously specified operation in the future. The meaning of such a sentence is the method of its verification. Walter A. Shewhart true-or-false measurement order Postulate 2. Constant systems of chance causes do exist in nature. Walter A. Shewhart constant causes chance Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors
