Practical Experiment Designs for Engineers and Scientists
3. Edition March 2001
448 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Interest in experiment design, which uses statistics to analyze and predict changes to the results of an experiment, has increased in the last decade with the development of new statistical methods that tie in with total quality management (TQM). Now in its third, up-to-date edition, this book takes a uniquely straightforward approach to experiment design that makes concepts and implementation easy for practicing engineers to understand.
Most books cover the subject from a statistical or theoretical point of view. Ideal for working engineers, this book uses real-world examples and boils statistical theory and analysis down to its simplest form.
* Features new and updated material, including cases and a larger focus on multivariate analysis.
* Uses simple analysis tools for practical implementation on the job.
* Targets experiment planning as the groundwork for quality experiments.
Acknowledgments.
FUNDAMENTALS OF EXPERIMENT DESIGN.
Introduction to Experiment Design: Fundamental Concepts.
Introduction to Experiment Design: Elements of Decision Making.
Simple Comparative Experiments: Decisions About Population Means.
Simple Comparative Experiments: Decisions About Population Variances.
Sequential Experiments.
TWO-LEVEL MULTIVARIABLE EXPERIMENTS.
Two-Level Multivariable Experiments: Eight-Trial Hadamard Matrix Designs.
Two-Level Multivariable Experiments: Hadamard Matrices Greater Than Order 8.
John's Three-Quarter Fractional Factorials.
Unbalanced Resolution V Designs.
Resolution V Designs with Efficiency = 1.
Hadamard Matrix Designs for Binomial and Poisson Responses.
Summary of Two-Level Matrix Designs.
A Computer Program for Generating Hadamard Matrix Designs and Analyzing the Data from Such Designs.
Analysis of Goodness.
Alternative Methods of Analysis.
MULTILEVEL MULTIVARIABLE EXPERIMENTS.
Multilevel Experiments with Qualitative Variables.
Multilevel Experiments with QuantitativeVariables.
Experiment Designs for Chemical Composition Experiments.
Random-Strategy Experiments.
RELATED TOPICS.
Blocking an Experiment.
Validation of Test Methods.
Concepts for a Complete Project Strategy.
Project Engineer's Game.
Estimation of Variance.
Testing Distributions.
GENERAL REFERENCES, SYMBOLS, TABLES, AND ANSWERS TO EXERCISES.
General References.
Symbols.
Tables.
Answers to Exercises.
Index.
