Engineering Statistics and Data Analysis (ESDA) 3 days
Course Description and Audience:
ESDA is for Engineers, Scientists and Managers who routinely analyze data for product development, qualification and control. Areas of focus are; analysis of data for basic product development and manufacturing applications including foundation statistics, distribution analysis, capability assessment, sensitivity prediction, comparison tests, sample size selection and model fitting.
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Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course the participants will be able to:
1. Understand the ideas associated with sampling and data collection.
2. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate distributions.
3. Select appropriate sample sizes for performance evaluation.
4. Conduct comparative tests using data.
5. Use regression techniques in order to analyze the results and make process/product improvements.
6. Select an appropriate analysis technique based on the type of data.
Software:
JMP or Minitab
Prerequisites:
None
Section I
Introduction to JMP or Minitab
Table Commands
Column Commands
Row Commands
Subset, Stack and Join Commands
Saving Data and Graphs
Section II
Statistics Foundations & Distribution Analysis
Measures of Center and Spread
Standard Error and Central Limit Theorem
Normal Distribution, T Distribution and Confidence Intervals
Test for Normality
Data and Tolerance Intervals (normal)
Process Capability (normal) and Non-normal Distribution Fitting
Section III
Nominal X, Continuous Y
Contour Plots, Components of Variance and REML
Sample Size for the Mean and Standard Deviation
T Test - One Sample, Two Sample and Paired
Test for Differences in Variances
One-way ANOVA and N Way ANOVA
Section IV
Continuous X, Continuous Y
Simple Linear Regression, Correlation
Multiple Regression and
ANCOVA
Section V
Nominal X, Nominal Y
Mean and Sigma for Proportion Defective
Sample Size and Statistical Tests for Proportion Defective
Mean and Sigma for Defect per Unit
Chi-Square Test for Defects and Proportion Defective
Pareto Graphs and Cross Tabs Analysis
Section VI
Continuous X and Nominal Y
Logistic Regression