This book is organized as follows.

Chapter 1: What’s New in SAS/QC 12.1 and 12.3, provides information about the changes and enhancements to SAS/QC software in SAS/QC 12.1.

Chapter 2: Components of SAS/QC Software, gives an overview of the tools provided by SAS/QC software and their uses.

The majority of SAS/QC procedures produce graphs as an important part of their output. Chapter 3: SAS/QC Graphics, describes the different approaches available for producing this graphical output.

Each of the remaining chapters describes one SAS/QC procedure. These chapters appear in alphabetical order by procedure name. The following list summarizes the types of information provided for each procedure:

Overview	provides a general description of what the procedure does.
Getting Started	illustrates simple uses of the procedure using tutorial examples.
Syntax	constitutes the major reference section for the syntax of the procedure. First, the statement syntax is summarized. Next, functional summary tables list the options classified by function. Finally, a dictionary of options, listed in alphabetical order, provides details on each option.
Details	describes features of the procedure, including equations, computational methods, and input and output data sets.
Examples	provides examples that illustrate common and advanced applications of the procedure.
References	lists books and journal articles relevant to the procedure.

Several of the SAS/QC procedures are quite large and support several statements that are described independently within the procedure chapter. For example, the chapter describing the CAPABILITY procedure contains a major section for each plot statement (such as the HISTOGRAM statement) supported by the procedure. Each plot statement section contains its own “Overview,” “Getting Started,” “Syntax,” “Details,” and “Examples” subsections.