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Statistics for Engineers Statistics for Engineers an Introduction S.J. Morrison A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Publication Thiseditionfirstpublished2009 (cid:2)2009,JohnWiley&Sons,Ltd Registeredoffice JohnWiley&SonsLtd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex,PO198SQ,United Kingdom Fordetailsofourglobaleditorialoffices,forcustomerservicesandforinformationabouthowto applyforpermissiontoreusethecopyrightmaterialinthisbookpleaseseeourwebsiteat www.wiley.com. Therightoftheauthortobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedinaccordance withtheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem, ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingor otherwise,exceptaspermittedbytheUKCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,withoutthe priorpermissionofthepublisher. Wileyalsopublishesitsbooksinavarietyofelectronicformats. Somecontentthatappearsin printmaynotbeavailableinelectronicbooks. Designationsusedbycompaniestodistinguishtheirproductsareoftenclaimedastrademarks. Allbrandnamesandproductnamesusedinthisbookaretradenames,servicemarks, trademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.Thepublisherisnotassociated withanyproductorvendormentionedinthisbook.Thispublicationisdesignedtoprovide accurateandauthoritativeinformationinregardtothesubjectmattercovered.Itissoldonthe understandingthatthepublisherisnotengagedinrenderingprofessionalservices.If professionaladviceorotherexpertassistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetent professionalshouldbesought. LibraryofCongressCataloguing-in-PublicationData Morrison,S.J. Introductiontoengineeringstatistics/S.J.Morrison. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-470-74556-4 1. Engineering—Statisticalmethods. I. Title. TA340.M672009 620.0072’7—dc22 2009001815 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN:978-0-470-74556-4 Setin10/12.5ptTimesbyIntegraSoftwareServicesPvt.Ltd.Pondicherry,India PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyTJInternational,Padstow,Cornwall Contents AbouttheAuthor vii Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii 1 NatureofVariability 1 2 BasicStatisticalMethods 9 2.1 Variance 9 2.2 Divisor‘n’or‘n(cid:2)1’? 11 2.3 CovarianceandCorrelation 13 2.4 NormalDistribution 14 2.5 CumulativeFrequencyDistributions 18 2.6 BinomialDistribution 20 2.7 PoissonDistribution 25 2.8 Chi-squaredDistribution 26 Bibliography 31 3 Production 33 3.1 SamplingInspection 34 3.2 ControlCharts 37 3.3 CusumCharts 40 3.4 SignificanceTests 43 3.5 AnalysisofVariance 49 3.6 LinearRegression 52 Bibliography 57 vi Contents 4 EngineeringDesign 61 4.1 VarianceSynthesis 61 4.2 FactorsofSafety 68 4.3 Tolerances 69 4.4 TheFuture 71 Bibliography 72 5 ResearchandDevelopment 75 5.1 DesignofExperiments 76 5.2 EvolutionaryOperation 95 5.3 MultipleRegression 96 5.4 MoreStatisticalMethods 111 Bibliography 115 6 Background 119 6.1 Measurement 119 6.2 StatisticalComputing 121 Bibliography 127 7 QualityManagement 129 7.1 QualityPlanning 129 7.2 QualityOrganisation 135 7.3 DirectingtheQualityFunction 137 7.4 ControllingtheQualityFunction 140 7.5 StatisticalEngineering 141 Bibliography 142 8 Conclusion 145 AppendixA: Guidelines 147 AppendixB: RecommendedBooks 151 AppendixC: Periodicals 161 AppendixD: SupplementaryBibliography 165 AppendixE: StatisticalTables 171 Index 173 About the Author S.J. Morrison is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering, the RoyalStatisticalSocietyandtheCharteredManagementInstitute. MorrisonisalsoaSeniorMemberoftheAmericanSocietyforQuality.

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