Progress in engineering and the physical sciences, agriculture and the biological sciences, and to some extent social science, depends on experiments. The design of such experiments is crucial. If they are poorly designed, they will be inefficient and may lead to misleading conclusions. Nevertheless, many investigators and researchers in industry and universities are expected to design and analyse their own experiments. Even if investigators do have access to statistical advice, they will be expected to have some basic knowledge of the issues. Tony Greenfield and Andrew Metcalfe aim to help. Starting from the simple case of comparison against some standard, and covering all the most commonly used designs of experiments, they describe the methods and the potential pitfalls, in clear English. They introduce the techniques with case studies of practical significance. Every case is based on a real experiment. They define all technical terms and restrict the mathematical development to that needed to use MINITAB.
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- Descriptive statistics and plotting
- Single sample experiments
- Comparison of proportions
- Comparing two treatments
- Comparison of several means
- Two-level factorial experiments
- Fractional two-level factorial experiments
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- Response surfaces
- Hill climbing
- Robust design
- Hierarchical (nested) designs
- Two factors at several levels
- Crossed and nested factors, and split plot designs
- Mixture designs
- Discrete response
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- Absence from primary schools in England
- Electronic coating varnish
- Diamond prospecting
- Ozone layer and tourism
- Assistance for developing countries
- Noise levels on Tyne and Wear Metro
- Gross receipts from movies
- Fluoridation of water supplies
- Durability of scientific calculators
- Water quality compliance
- Tasting of sparkling wines
- Compulsive gambling
- Impact strength of TV tubes
- Music in advertising
- Home monitoring of blood pressure / Gas fuels for welding torches
- Problem gambling
- High voltage switches
- Effects of visual cues on perception
- Apple tree trunk girths
- Burst strengths of filter membranes
- Crop rotation
- Leadership skills
- Bacterial leaching of copper
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- Recall of TV commercials
- Aluminium wheels
- Effects of cooking on niacin retention in vegetables
- Children’s progress in learning Mandarin
- Dashboard padding
- Manufacture of drug for treating stomach ulcers
- Control of a rotary kiln for making cement
- Security of smart cards
- Methadone replacement for opiate dependence
- Standard aliquots of a gold solution
- Cement for runway construction
- Coke ovens design
- Fertilizer of tomato plants
- Driving skills
- Wheel chair access to taxis
- Lightweight touring bicycles
- Irrigation and fertilizers for rice crops
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Wine blending
- Elongation of artificial fibres
- Petrol tanks: steel versus plastic
- Cigarette smoking
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Published: February 2007
Paperback: 978 034 080780 4
Tony Greenfield is an Industrial Research consultant
Andrew Metcalfe is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide
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