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∗A paper presented at the Fifth Annual Convention of the American Society for Quality Control, Cleveland, Ohio, May 24, 1951.

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• ∗A paper presented at the Fifth Annual Convention of the American Society for Quality Control, Cleveland, Ohio, May 24, 1951.
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