Table of Contents

Part I - Background. Statistics And The Scientific Method. 2. Concepts Of Quality Control. Part II - Basic Tools. 3. Theoretical Background - Probability And Statistics. 4. Descriptive Tools. 5. Probability Plots. 6. Statistical Decision Rules. Part Iii - Good Experiments Make For Good Statistics. 7. Strategies For Experimenting With Multiple Factors. 8. Basic Two-Level Factorial Experiments. 9. Additional Techniques For Design And Analysis Of Two-Level Factorials. 10. Regression Analysis. 11. Multiple Level Factorial Experiments. 12. Fractional Factorial And Screening Designs. Part Iv - Optimization Experiments. 13. Response Surface Methodology. 14. Response Surface Model Fitting. 15. Mixture Experiments. Part V - Variability And Quality. 16. Characterizing Variablity In Measurements. 17. Shewart Control Charts. 18. Off-Line Quality Control And Robust Design Studies.