Statistical sampling to locate errors by testing just some of the items in a particular production run is a ______ technique.   

A. quality control
B. continuous improvement
C. reengineering
D. quality assurance
E. total quality management


A. quality control

Quality control techniques were developed in the 1930s at Bell Telephone Labs by Walter Shewart, who used statistical sampling to locate errors by testing just some (rather than all) of the items in a particular production run.

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