TY - BOOK AU - Morrison,S.J TI - Statistics for engineers: an introduction SN - 9780470745564 AV - TA340 .M67 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, U.K. PB - Wiley KW - Engineering KW - Statistical methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; 1 Nature of Variability; 2 Basic Statistical Methods; 2.1 Variance; 2.2 Divisor ā€˜n’ or ā€˜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 ER -