Statistics for Engineers: An Introduction

About the Author. 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. Bibliography. 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. Bibliography. 4 Engineering Design. 4.1 Variance Synthesis. 4.2 Factors of Safety. 4.3 Tolerances. 4.4 The Future. Bibliography. 5 Research and Development. 5.1 Design of Experiments. 5.2 Evolutionary Operation. 5.3 Multiple Regression. 5.4 More Statistical Methods. Bibliography. 6 Background. 6.1 Measurement. 6.2 Statistical Computing. Bibliography. 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. Bibliography. 8 Conclusion. Appendix A: Guidelines. Appendix B: Recommended Books. Appendix C: Periodicals. Appendix D: Supplementary Bibliography. Appendix E: Statistical Tables. Index.