Basic Statistics
for Industry is a workshop for scientists, chemists,
troubleshooters, and engineers who wish to understand some basic principles
of Statistics. The math is done using software.
Benefits
of the Workshop
You will
learn how to make decisions in spite of uncertainty.
You will
be able to state the quality of your decisions.
You will
be able to calculate sample size to prevent doing too much work without
doing too little.
You will
be able to predict future performance of your products and processes.
You will
learn how to tell if your processes are capable of making good products
consistently.
In
1 day you will learn
How to
measure and report uncertainty.
How to
compare averages to see if they are different.
How to
compare standard deviations to see if they are different.
How to
calculate the sample size for a comparison of averages.
How to
place limits on future product or process performance.
How to
read x-bar and r control charts.
How to
interpret process capability measures such as Cpk.
This
is What Happens During the Training
You will
learn what "Response Variation" is and why it is important.
You will
learn to measure and report Response Variation.
You will
learn to perform a t-test, an f-test, and a Chi-squared test.
You will
learn to calculate the sample size for a t-test.
You will
learn to understand the basic principles of Statistical Process
Control or SPC.
"It was very good
how a week of graduate level Statistics
could be simplified down to one day on what really matters ... and how we
can actually use it."
Paul Dutille, Lexmark International
