International Standards for Statistics and Quality Assurance
ASTM standards for statistics and quality assurance provide a universal language for evaluating data, managing uncertainty, and improving decision-making across industries.
These standards ensure that testing laboratories, manufacturers, and regulators can interpret results with confidence, compare outcomes consistently, and embed quality principles throughout their operations.
Developed primarily by ASTM Committee E11 on Quality and Statistics, these documents cover statistical methods, sampling practices, control charting, interlaboratory studies, and measurement systems analysis.
Together, they serve as the foundation for ensuring that data-driven conclusions are accurate, repeatable, and aligned with global best practices.
Digital Access to International Standards for Statistics and Quality
Every measurement has uncertainty, and ASTM’s statistical standards provide the tools to quantify it. From practices that define how to calculate precision and bias to methods that evaluate reproducibility across laboratories, these standards help organizations move from raw results to meaningful insights. By applying rigorous statistical methods, companies ensure that their testing programs produce results that can be trusted—whether the application is in materials science, pharmaceuticals, or environmental monitoring.
ASTM’s statistical and quality assurance standards evolve alongside advances in data science, manufacturing practices, and regulatory expectations. With access through ASTM Compass®, organizations gain the most current editions, historical redlines, and collaboration tools to integrate standards directly into their quality systems.
In a world increasingly defined by data, ASTM standards for statistics and quality assurance provide the essential framework for turning numbers into knowledge, and for transforming quality into trust.
Popular standards in this section (Not an indication of availability in Spanish)
- ASTM E105 Practice for Probability Sampling Of Materials
- ASTM E122 Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate
- ASTM E141 Practice for Acceptance of Evidence Based on the Results of Probability Sampling
- ASTM E178 Practice for Dealing With Outlying Observations
- ASTM E1325 Terminology Relating to Design of Experiments
- ASTM E1402 Guide for Sampling Design
- ASTM E2586 Practice for Calculating and Using Basic Statistics
- ASTM E3080 Practice for Regression Analysis
Test Method Evaluation and Quality Control
- ASTM E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods
- ASTM E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method
- ASTM E1169 Practice for Conducting Ruggedness Tests
- ASTM E1323 Guide for Evaluating Laboratory Measurement Practices and the Statistical Analysis of the Resulting Data
- ASTM E1488 Guide for Statistical Procedures to Use in Developing and Applying Test Methods
- ASTM E2282 Guide for Defining the Test Result of a Test Method
- ASTM E2489 Practice for Statistical Analysis of One Sample and Two-Sample Interlaboratory Proficiency Testing Programs
- ASTM E2554 Practice for Estimating and Monitoring the Uncertainty of Test Results of a Test Method Using Control Chart Techniques
- ASTM E2655 Guide for Reporting Uncertainty of Test Results and Use of the Term Measurement Uncertainty in ASTM Test Methods
- ASTM E2709 Practice for Demonstrating Capability to Comply with an Acceptance Procedure
- ASTM E2782 Guide for Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
- ASTM E2935 Practice for Conducting Equivalence Testing in Laboratory Applications
- ASTM E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
- ASTM E1994 Practice for Use of Process Oriented AOQL and LTPD Sampling Plans
- ASTM E2234 Practice for Sampling a Stream of Product by Attributes Indexed by AQL
- ASTM E2281 Practice for Process and Measurement Capability Indices
- ASTM E2334 Practice for Setting an Upper Confidence Bound For a Fraction or Number of Non-Conforming items
- ASTM E2555 Practice for Factors and Procedures for Applying the MIL-STD-105 Plans in Life and Reliability Inspection
- ASTM E2587 Practice for Use of Control Charts in Statistical Process Control
- ASTM E2696 Practice for Life and Reliability Testing Based on the Exponential Distribution
- ASTM E2762 Practice for Sampling a Stream of Product by Variables Indexed by AQL
- ASTM E2819 Standard Practice for Single- and MultiLevel Continuous Sampling of a Stream of Product by Attributes Indexed by AQL
- ASTM E2910 Standard Guide for Preferred Methods for Acceptance of Product