Statistics in Research and Development

What are statistics? describing the sample describing the population testing and estimation - one sample testing and estimation - two samples testing and estimation - qualitative data testing and estimation - assumptions statistical process control detecting process changes investigating the process - an experiment why was the experiment not successful? some simple but effective experiments adapting the simple experiments improving a bad experiment analysis of variance an introduction to Taguchi technique. Appendices: The sigma notation notation and formulae sampling distributions copy of computer print-out from a multiple regression programme partial correlation significance tests on effect estimates from a p-2-n factorial experiment.