Statistics for engineers : an introduction / S.J. Morrison

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents 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 2.9 References 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 3.7 References 4 Engineering Design 4.1 Variance synthesis 4.2 Factors of safety 4.3 Tolerances 4.4 The future 4.5 References 5 Research and Development 5.1 Design of experiments 5.2 Evolutionary operation 5.3 Multiple regression 5.4 More statistical methods 5.5 References 6 Background 6.1 Measurement 6.2 Statistical computing 6.3 References 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 7.6 References 8 Conclusion Appendix A. Guidelines Appendix B. Recommended Books Appendix C. Periodicals Appendix D. Supplementary References Appendix E. Statistical Tables