Statistics for Engineers: An Introduction

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Nature of Variability.

2 Basic Statistical Methods.

2.1 Variance.

2.2 Divisor ‘n’ or ‘n_1’?

2.3 Covariance and Correlation.

2.4 Normal Distribution.

2.5 Cumulative Frequency Distributions.

2.6 Binomial Distribution.

2.7 Poisson Distribution.

2.8 Chi-squared Distribution.

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3 Production.

3.1 Sampling Inspection.

3.2 Control Charts.

3.3 Cusum Charts.

3.4 Significance Tests.

3.5 Analysis of Variance.

3.6 Linear Regression.

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4 Engineering Design.

4.1 Variance Synthesis.

4.2 Factors of Safety.

4.3 Tolerances.

4.4 The Future.

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5 Research and Development.

5.1 Design of Experiments.

5.2 Evolutionary Operation.

5.3 Multiple Regression.

5.4 More Statistical Methods.

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6 Background.

6.1 Measurement.

6.2 Statistical Computing.

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7 Quality Management.

7.1 Quality Planning.

7.2 Quality Organisation.

7.3 Directing the Quality Function.

7.4 Controlling the Quality Function.

7.5 Statistical Engineering.

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8 Conclusion.

Appendix A: Guidelines.

Appendix B: Recommended Books.

Appendix C: Periodicals.

Appendix D: Supplementary Bibliography.

Appendix E: Statistical Tables.

Index.