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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 | |