Acceptance sampling
A) is the application of statistical techniques to the control of processes.
B) was developed by Walter Shewhart of Bell Laboratories.
C) is used to determine whether to accept or reject a lot of material based on the evaluation of a sample.
D) separates the natural and assignable causes of variation.
E) is based on standard deviations rather than range values.

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Acceptance sampling is a method used to determine whether to accept or reject a lot of material based on the evaluation of a sample. It is commonly used to evaluate the quality of goods received from suppliers or to check the quality of work during production. The other options describe different aspects of statistical process control, which is a different concept from acceptance sampling.

Acceptance Sampling