Applying Statistics to Food Quality

To apply statistics to food quality, quality must be quantified, measured, and assessed. Statistical process control is the application of statistical methods to the monitoring and control of a process to ensure that it operates to produce conforming products. Control charts are used extensively. The term Six Sigma has its roots in statistical theory and the spread of data. Statistical methods are also fundamental to the assessment of results from sensory analysis. Shelf life and product quality can use many of the statistical methods from time-to-event analysis developed in medical statistics.

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1. Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Are Hugo Pripp

1. Are Hugo Pripp