Quality Control, Non-Destructive Inspection, and the Multinomial Distribution

Here we introduce a relevant example of the multinomial distribution: quality control and non-destructive inspection. If we test a sub-sample of size “r” and measure “m” defective items, what can we say about the reliability of the overall batch?

This video was produced at the University of Washington, and we acknowledge funding support from the Boeing Company

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00:00 Intro
02:23 Defining Sample Groups
03:28 Counting the Sample Space
06:13 Counting m-defective Events
10:14 Generalizing: The Multinomial Distribution
11:55 Outro