Multivariate Analysis of Quality. An Introduction

The authors set out to produce an undergraduate text and reference that focuses on what they feel are the most useful statistical tools encountered by practicing engineers. They succeeded in creating a valuable book rich in experimental design and response surface methods (458 pages, 10 chapters) augmented by standard coverage of quality control (134 pages) but with only minimal treatment of basic probability and statistics (132 pages). This is far more a book on experimental design application in industry than it is a general presentation of modern statistical methods for engineers as found in, for example, the books by Montgomery and Runger (1999) and Ostle, Turner, Hicks, and McElrath (1996). The book’s 5 parts and 18 chapters are as follows: