Design and Operation of a Double-Limit Variables Sampling Plan

Abstract The paper presents and illustrates the use of three charts and a table for the design and operation of a double-limit variables sampling plan. Two of the charts are plots of the Lieberman-Resnikoff tables of the minimum variance unbiased estimate of the proportion of a normal universe exceeding specified limits given sample estimates of the mean and standard deviation or average range. The table is an extension of the Patnaik table of conversion factors for use of the average range in lieu of the standard deviation.