Statistics for Technology

• INTRODUCTION. Outline of Statistics. Simple Ways of Summarizing Data. THEORY. The Concept of Probability. Discrete Distributions. Continuous Distributions. Estimation. Significance Tests. Regression and Correlation. APPLICATIONS. Planning the Experiment. The Design and Analysis of Experiments-1: Comparative Experiments. The Design and Analysis of Experiments-2: Factoral Experiments. Quality Control. Life Testing. Appendix A: The Relationships Between the Normal X2, t- and F-distributions. Appendix B: Statistical Tables. Appendix C: Further Reading. Appendix D: Some Other Topics. Appendix E: Some General Comments on Tackling Statistical Problems. Answers to Exercises.NTI/Sales Copy

"The book will appeal not only to technologists requiring an introduction to statistics, but to lecturers in applied statistics and those running statistical 'service' courses for other disciplines. The industrial statistician will also find material useful in his dealings with engineers and technologists."-Journal of the Royal Statistical SocietyPromo Copy