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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Improvement of Quality | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Improvement of Quality | |
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| Model for Improvement | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Testing a Change | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Prediction and Degree of Belief | |
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| Using the PDSA Cycle to Test a Change | |
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| Designing Tests of Change | |
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| Principles for Testing a Change | |
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| Analysis of data from Tests of Change | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Principles for Design and Analysis of Planned Experiments | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Types of Planned Experiments | |
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| Principles for Designing Analytic Studies | |
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| Tools for Experimentation | |
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| Form for Documentation of a Planned Experiment | |
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| Analysis of Data from Analytic Studies | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Experiments with One Factor | |
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| General Approach to One-Factor Experiments | |
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| Using the Control Chart for a One-Factor Experiment | |
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| Example of a One-Factor Design | |
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| Paired-Comparison Experiments | |
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| Randomized Block Designs | |
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| Incomplete Block Designs | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Experiments with More Than One Factor | |
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| Introduction to Factorial Designs | |
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| Design of Factorial Experiments | |
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| Analysis of Factorial Experiments | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Reducing the Size of Experiments | |
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| Introduction to Fractional Factorial Designs | |
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| Fractional Factorial Designs--Moderate Current Knowledge | |
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| Fractional Factorial Designs--Low Current Knowledge | |
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| Blocking in Factorial Designs | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Evaluating Sources of Variation | |
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| The Control Chart as a Nested Design | |
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| Nested Design to Study Measurement Variation | |
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| A Three-Factor Nested Experiments | |
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| Planning and Analyzing an Experiment with Nested Factors | |
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| More than Three Factors in a Nested Design | |
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| A Study with Nested and Crossed Factors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Calculation of Variance Components | |
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| Calculating and Combining Statistics | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Experiments for Special Situations | |
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| Factorial Designs with More Than Two Levels | |
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| Augmenting 2k Factorial Designs with Center Points | |
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| Three-Level Factorial Designs | |
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| Experimental Design for Interchangeable Parts | |
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| Experiments for Formulations or Mixtures | |
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| Evolutionary Operation | |
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| Experimental Designs for Complex Systems | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| New Product Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Generate Ideas | |
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| Develop Concepts and Define Product | |
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| Test | |
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| Produce Product | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Improving a Milling Process | |
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| Redesign a Wallpaper Product | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Improvement Using Control Charts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Control Charts for Individual Measurements | |
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| Subgrouping | |
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| Interpretation of a Control Chart | |
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| Types of Control Charts | |
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| Capability of a Process | |
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| Planning a Control Chart | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Evaluating Measurement Systems | |
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| Introduciton | |
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| Studying Measurement Processes | |
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| Data from a Measurement Process | |
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| Monitoring and Improving a Measurement Process | |
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| Using Planning Experimentation to Improve a Measurement Process | |
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| Case Study: Evaluating a Measurement Process | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Form | |
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| Worksheet for Documenting a PDSA Cycle | |
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| Form for Documentation of a Planned Experiment | |
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| Tables of Random Numbers | |
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| Design Matrices for Low Current Knowledge | |
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| Design Matrices for Moderate Current Knowledge | |
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| Design Matrices for High Current Knowledge | |
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| Gossary | |
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| Index | |