Creating a text book for a one semester course in engineering statistics is a daunting task. It requires marking intelligent decisions presentation that balance depth and breadth. Scott and I both believe that the first edition was a very good basic presentaation for a first course in engineering statistics. Our intent in the second edition is to build on that foundation. We have not changed the basic philosophy of pressentation from the first edition. The second edition continues to emphasize the appropriate uses of graphics and the computer.
It continues to focus on the proper application of statistics within the engineering method. We continue to insist on the use of real engineering data for the examples and the exercises. The essential stucture and the them of the book remains the same.
Chapter 1 Overture; Engineering Mathod and Data Collection
Chapter 2 Data Displays
Chapter 3 Modeling Random Behavior
Chapter 4 Estimation and Testing
Chapter 5 Control Charts
Chapter 6 Linear Regressin Analysis
Chapter 7 Introduction to 2 Factorial-Based Experiments
Chapter 8 Introduction to Response SurFace Methodology
Chapter 9 Coda