Industrial Statistics: Practical Methods and Guidance for Improved Performance

"This is one of the few statistic books that is "user friendly" and enjoyable to read. That is because each chapter is clearly and concisely written. But what really makes this book more valuable than others of this type are the very practical applications and the memorable "stories". These are human-interest stories that illustrate how time and money is saved when statistics is used properly and how large sums can be wasted when used improperly, such as the t-test example that is provided.... This book could save an industrial department considerable time and money. It would help readers design experiments more effectively and efficiently, solve problems and make difficult decisions based on limited data. Those with a very limited budget can learn how to design their experiments to maximize the information and correlations. The actual problems that it will help readers solve are limitless, but include finding the best formulation; conducting a proper design of experiments, so that resources are efficiently used; using data to solve a problem to determine why a product is suddenly out of specification; what are the best process conditions to optimize yield without sacrificing quality, etc. The book ends with useful questions and answers that assist in testing the reader's knowledge and finding which parts of the book require his or her focus."
—Lothar W. Kleiner, Ph.D.