Reading Material for Engineering Statistics
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          J. L. Romeu, Professor.
       http://myprofile.cos.com/romeu  
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The statistics papers below discuss industrial statistics.
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Descriptive: EDA and Distribution Identification:
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Data Quality and Pedigree
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1999MaterialEase9.pdf

Statistics I: Random Variables and Distributions
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1998MaterialEase5.pdf

Empirical Assessment of Normal and Lognormal Distribution Assumptions.
RAC START. Volume 9, Number 6.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/NLDIST.pdf

Statistical Assumptions of an Exponential Distribution. 
RAC START: Volume 8, Number 2. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/E_ASSUME.pdf
                                            
Empirical Assessment of the Weibull Distribution. 
RAC START. Volume 10, Number 3. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/WEIBULL.pdf

Graphical Comparison of Two Populations. 
RAC START. Volume 9, Number 5. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/2POP.pdf


Inference: Estimation and Testing:
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Statistics II: Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals.
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1998MaterialEase6.pdf

Statistical Confidence. 
RAC START: Volume 9, Number 4.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/STAT_CO.pdf 

The Chi-Square: a Large-Sample Goodness of Fit Test
RAC START. Volume 10, Number 4. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/Chi_Square.pdf 

Anderson-Darling: A GoF Test for Small Samples Assumptions
RAC START. Volume 10, Number 5. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/A_DTest.pdf  

The Kolmogorov-Smirnov: a GoF Test for Small Sample Assumptions 
RAC START. Volume 10, Number 6. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/K_STest.pdf

Quality Control Charts
RAC START. Volume 11, Number 4 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/QCCHARTS.pdf

OC Function and Acceptance Sampling Plans
RAC START. Volume 12, Number 1 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/OC_Curves.pdf

Understanding Binomial Sequential Testing 
RAC START. Volume 12, Number 2 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/BINSEQ.pdf 


Modeling: Regression and Analysis of Variance:
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Statistics III: Modeling with Regression and ANOVA
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1999MaterialEase7.pdf

On Regression Analysis
RIAC RelTique. Volume 1, No. 1.
http://theriac.org/pdfs/RelTIQUES/RELTIQUES_V1N1.pdf

Combining data. 
RAC START. Volume 11, Number 2. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/COMBINE.pdf

MINITAB and Pizza: A Workshop Experiment
http://www.minitab.com/uploadedFiles/Shared_Resources/Documents/Articles/pizza.pdf

A Statistical Assessment of an Experiment To Compare Traditional vs.
Laboratory Approach in Teaching Introductory Computer Programming.
http://lcs.syr.edu/faculty/romeu/AssessPapJalal97.pdf

Design and Evaluation of Aquatic Ecosystems via 
Discrete Event Simulation (with PPT Presentation)
http://www.fcsm.gov/03papers/Romeu.pdf 
http://fli.hws.edu/pdf/conference2005/Romeu_presentation.pdf

Fractional Factorial Designs Tutorial./QSI
http://quanterion.com/ReliabilityQues/V5N2.html

Reliability Modeling and Analysis:
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Reliability Estimations for Exponential Life
RAC START. Volume 10, Number 7. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/R_EXP.pdf

Censored Data. 
RAC START. Volume 11, Number 3. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/CENSOR.pdf

Use of Bayesian Techniques for Reliability
RAC START. Volume 10, Number 8. 
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/BAYES.pdf

Understanding Series/Parallel Systems
RAC START. Volume 11, Number 5.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/S&PSYSREL.pdf

Understanding Availability 
RAC START. Volume 11, Number 6.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/AVAILSTAT.pdf

A Discussion on Software Reliability Models 
Journal of the Reliability Analysis Center. Vol. 8, Number 1.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/1ST_Q2000.pdf

Determining the Experimental Sample Size. 
Journal of the Systems Reliability Center (SRC) 
3rd Quarter 2005; pp. 11-21
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/3Q2005.pdf 

Availability 
ASQ Statistics Division Newsletter 
Vol. 24, No. 1: Fall 2005 (pp. 4--10)
http://www.asqstatdiv.org/documents/newsletters/Fall05StatDiv.pdf 

Understanding Logistics in Systems Analysis
ASA/SPES Newsletter. Summer of 2010
http://www.amstat.org/sections/SPES/Newsletter.html

Determining the Experimental Sample Size
QR&CII Institute Tutorial. Volume 1, No. 1
http://lcs.syr.edu/faculty/romeu/ExperSampSizeQR&CII.pdf


Advanced Statistical Topics:
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Operations Research and Statistics Techniques: 
a key to Quantitative Data Mining
http://www.fcsm.gov/01papers/Romeu.pdf 

Group Learning, Contextual Projects, Simulation Models and
Student Presentations in Enticing Engineering Statistics Students.
http://lcs.syr.edu/faculty/romeu/ASAECSEngEd.pdf

The Juarez Lincoln Marti International Education Project:
An Example in Statistical Education and Research
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/3/3041.pdf  


Alternative and Additional Readings:
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Reliability Statistics I: Random Variables and Distributions (pp 9--15)
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/1ST_Q2001.pdf

Reliability Statistics II: On Estimation and Testing (pp 4--9)
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/3q2001.pdf

Reliability Statistics III: On Statistical Modeling of  Reliability Data
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/4q2001.pdf

A Practical Guide to Statistical Analysis of Material Property Data
AMPTIAC IAC Statistics Textbook for Materials Engineers
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/AMPTIAC-1ST/AMPT-14_Intro.pdf

Updated V/11