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- Performance Measures and Statistics Course Materials by Steven Prevette, Dec 2006
Course material from a 2 day course. Topics include: Dr. Demings red bead experiment, operational definitions, selecting performance targets, SPC, theory of variation, control charts, pdsa, pareto charts.
- ASQ Statistics Division Winter 2006 Newsletter by Soren Bisgaard et. al., Jan 2006
The newsletter includes, The Future of Quality Technology: From a Manufacturing to a Knowledge Economy and From Defects to Innovations; and Douglas Hawkins' acceptance speech for the William G. Hunter Award.
- Lead To Succeed by Stephen S. Prevette, Sep 2005
The application of SPC and other quality tools can be rewarding. It can provide both financial and professional fulfillment. I believe my application of Deming?s management theories has been crucial to Fluor Hanford?s success.
- Bringing Lean Systems Thinking to Six Sigma by Paul Mullenhour and Jamie Flinchbaugh, Mar 2005
"Traditional lean efforts will help you reduce flow time and waste, leading to improvements that will boost overall quality. Six Sigma, with its focus on statistics, will help you deliver a more consistent product. But to fully support your long-term goals, you need the all-important third component: the cultural change that comes with adopting lean rules, principles and vision."
- 100 Years of Juran by Debbie Phillips-Donaldson, May 2004
She quotes Juran as saying "Deming was convinced applying statistical methods was the complete remedy for quality problems. I agreed statistics was an essential element of the remedy, but I knew much more was needed." How she can quote such a statement without noting the obvious falsehood (Deming advocated for a more fundamental change in management than anyone I know of, and not for the simple applying of tools as Juran implies) is beyond me. Ignoring his repeated attempts to restate history relating to Dr. Deming, Juran did make significant contributions to the Quality Management field.
- SPC: From Chaos To Wiping the Floor by Lynne Hare, Jul 2003
"Shewhart based control chart limits more on the economics of change than on underlying probabilities. Ever the empiricist, Shewhart seems not to have trusted probability limits alone."
- An Active Learning In-Class Demonstration of Good Experimental Design by C. M. Anderson-Cook and Sundar Dorai-Raj , Nov 2001
"This article presents an active learning demonstration available on the Internet using Java applets to show a poorly designed experiment and then subsequently a well-designed experiment." From the Journal of Statistics Education.
- Eight Keys to Successful DoE by Mark J. Anderson and Shari L. Kraber, Jul 1999
Originally published in Quality Digest, July 1999.
- Lets Use CQI in Our Statistics Programs by Robert V. Hogg, Feb 1999
"Suggestions are made how an individual and a department can use certain aspects of CQI for the improvement of our courses and programs."
- Statistics and Reality by David and Sarah Kerridge, Nov 1998
"W. Edwards Deming distinguished between two types of statistical study, which he called 'Enumerative' and 'Analytic'. This sounds theoretical, and it is: but it is also a very practical."
- GE mantra: Six Sigma by Mike Boyer, Apr 1998
Story from the Cincinnati Enquirer on statistics driving the quest for aircraft engine excellence at GE.
- Shewhart-Deming Critique of Classical Statistics by Jonathan Siegel, Dec 1997
- Redesigning the Introductory Statistics Course by Ronald D. Snee and Roger Hoerl, Jul 1995
- What Is the Use of Experiments Conducted By Statistics Students? by Margaret Mackisack, Apr 1994
" This paper describes a situation where systematic use is being made of data collected by students as part of a class project and advocates the wider use of such projects."
- Guinness, Gosset, Fisher, and Small Samples by Joan Fisher Box, Feb 1987
"The environment in which W. S. Gosset (Student) worked as a brewer at Guinness' Brewery at the turn of the century is described fully enough to show how it forced him to confront problems of small sample statistics, using the techniques he picked up from Karl Pearson. R. A. Fisher's interest in human genetics prompted biometrical applications of his mathematical training even as an undergraduate. As soon as he considered Student's work, he perceived its importance and began to extend its applications"
- Some Problems of Statistics and Everyday Life by George E. P. Box, Mar 1979
"The wise investigator expends his effort not in one grand design... but in a series of small designs, analysing, modifying and getting new ideas as he goes."
- Current issues in SPC by Donald J. Wheeler,
Discussion of William Woodalls paper, Controversies and Contradictions
in Statistical Process Control, that was published in the October 2000 issue of the Journal of Quality Technology.
- Six Sigma Black Belts: What Do They Need to Know by Roger W. Hoerl, Oct 2001
Roger Hoerl, Manager of the Applied Statistics Group at GE, provides a context and forum for discussion of the technical skills required by Six Sigma BBs, with the hope of reaching a general consensus. An excellent artile.
- 101 Ways to Design an Experiment, or Some Ideas About Teaching Design of Experiments by William G. Hunter, Jun 1975
A great article sharing ideas on teaching and learning about Design of Experiments (DoE), a powerful and greatly underutilized tool. 6 simga efforts have greatly increased the use of DoE.
- Three Romeos and a Juliet: - Our early brush with Design of Experiments by Ravindra Khare, Jul 2002
Very easy to understand explanation of 3 factorial designed experiment. Defeinately no math or statistics knowledge needed.
- Statistics for Discovery by George E. P. Box , Mar 2002
This report explores why investigators in engineering and the physical sciences rarely use statistics. It is argued that statistics has been overly influenced by mathematical methods rather than the scientific method and consequent the subject has been greatly skewed towards testing rather than discovery.
- Discussion of SPC paper by Woodall. by Roger W. Hoerl, Oct 2000
Comments on "Controversies and Contradictions in Statistical Process Control" by William H. Woodall.
- George Box - An Interview for the International Journal of Forecasting by Daniel Pe?a, Oct 1999
Well worth reading. The interveiw starts with some specifics on Time Series, prediction and statistics and moves to talk on quality management.
- The Next 25 Years in Statistics by William Hill and William Hunter, Feb 1996
(with contributions by Joseph W. Duncan, A. Blanton Godfrey, Brian L. Joiner, Gary C. McDonald, Charles G. Pfeifer, Donald W. Marquardt, and Ronald D. Snee). A transformation of the American style of management has already begun; in order for it to succeed, statisticians must assume a leadership role. Publication(s): Chance, 1990,
- What to Measure and How by Barba B. Affourtit, Nov 1999
From the article: We need to examine our management information systems for utility, and discard measurements that are not used for decision-making.
- Youden Memorial Address - 2000 by Geoff Vining, Oct 2000
"The basic theme for my talk today is that Jack Youden is an appropriate role model for today?s industrial statisticians. Jack Youden was someone who appreciated the fundamental role statistics can play in industry."
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