FOREWORD -
CONTENTS -
PREFACE -
CHAPTER I -
INTRODUCTION -
(a) Experimental Error -
(b) Classical and Industrial Experimentation -
(c) Replication -
(d) Experimental Design: Randomised Blocks -
(e) The Latin Square -
(f) Balanced Incomplete Blocks -
(g) Youden Squares -
(h) Lattice Squares -
(i) The Nature of "Blocks" -
(g) Multiple Factor Experiments -
(k) The Three Factor Experiment -
(I) Higher Factorial Experiments -
(m) Randomisation -
CHAPTER II -
FUNDAMENTAL STATISTICAL CONCEPTIONS -
(a) Statistical Terminology -
(b) Probability -
(c) Populations: Tests of Significance -
(d) Significance Levels
(e) Computation -
(f) Measures of Variability -
(g) The Calculation of Variance
(h) The Definition of Variance -
(i) Distributions -
(j) Grouped Frequency Distributions -
(k) Log-normal Distributions -
CHAPTER III -
SIGNIFICANCE OF MEANS -
(a) Significance of a Single Mean -
(b) Confidence Limits for a Single Mean -
(c) Comparison of Two Means -
(d) Conclusions -
CHAPTER IV -
THE COMPARISON OF VARIANCES -
(a) Comparison of Two Variances -
(b) Averaging of Several Variances -
(c) Comparison of Several Variances -
(d) Confidence Limits for Variances -
(i) Small Samples -
(ii) Large Samples -
THE X 2 TEST -
(a) Introduction -
(b) The 1 X 2 Table -
(c) The Xl Table -
(d) The 1 X n Table -
(e) The 2 X 2 Table -
(f) The 2 X n Table -
CHAPTER V -
(g) The n1 X na Table -
(h) Restriction of Expected Cell Frequency to not less than 5 -
CHAPTER VI -
THE POISSON DISTRIBUTION -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Number of Incidents per Interval -
(c) Distribution of Time Intervals -
CHAPTER VII -
THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Analysis of Variance Between and Within Batches -
(c) The Investigation of Multi-Stage Processes -
(d) Analysis of Variance of Columns of Unequal Size -
(e) Analysis of Variance into Components due to Rows, Columns and Residual -
CHAPTER VIII -
THE QUALITY CONTROL CHART -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Within Batch Variability: the Control Chart for Range -
(c) The Control Chart for Ranges compared with Bartlett's Test -
(d) Between Batch Variability: The Control Chart for Means -
(e) The Conversion of Range to Standard Deviation -
CHAPTER IX -
THE RELATION BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Transformations -
(c) The Correlation Coefficient -
(d) The Equation for the Regression Line -
(e) The Residual Variance about the Regression Line -
(f) The Use of the Analysis of Variance for Examining Regression -
(g) Comparison of Regression Coefficients -
(h) Exact Formula for the Residual Variance about the Regression Line -
(i) The Use of the Analysis of Variance for Checking Linearity -
(j) The Calculation of Correlation Coefficient, etc., from grouped Data -
(k) Correlation and Causation -
(I) Conclusions -
MULTIPLE CORRELATION -
(a) Introduction -
(b). Two Independent Variables -
(c) The Need for Multiple Regression and Partial Correlation -
(d) Multiple Correlation with Three Independent Variables -
(e) Conclusions -
CHAPTER XI -
THE GENERAL ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Types of Analyses -
(c) The Two Factor Analysis -
(d) The Three Factor Analysis -
(e) The Four Factor Analysis -
(f) The Five Factor Analysis -
(g) Incomplete Two-Factor Analysis: One Factor with Replication -
(h) Incomplete Three-Factor Analysis: Two Factor with Replication -
(i) Doubly Incomplete Three Factor Analysis: One Factor with -
(j)Double Order Replication Incomplete Four Factor Analysis: Three Factors with Replication -
(k) Doubly Incomplete Four Factor Analysis: Two Factors with Double Order Replication -
(l) Trebly Incomplete Four Factor Analysis: One Factor with Triple Order Replication -
(m) An Incomplete Five Factor Analysis -
CHAPTER XII -
MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE -
(a) Introduction -
(b) The Use of Components of Variance -
(c) Partitioning a Sum of Squares into Linear, Quadratic, etc., Components -
(d) The Assumption Underlying Factorial Design -
(e) The Use of Interactions as Estimates of Error -
(f) The Amount of Detail Required in Reports 132 -
(g) The Theory of Chemical Sampling -
(h) The Homogeneity of Data -
(i) The Use of Logarithms in the Analysis of Variance -
(j) Other Transformations in the Analysis of Variance -
(k) Missing Values -
(l) The Assumptions Underlying the Analysis of Variance -
CHAPTER XIII -
LATIN AND COMPLETELY ORTHOGONAL SQUARES -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Graeco-Latin and Completely Orthogonal Squares -
(c) The Use of Latin Squares -
(d) An Example of a Latin Square -
CHAPTER XIV -
BALANCED INCOMPLETE BLOCKS -
(a) Introduction -
(b) Computation -
(c) Possible Designs -
(d) Other Uses for Symmetrical Incomplete Blocks -
(e) Youden Squares -
CHAPTER XV -
CONFOUNDING: THE PROBLEM OF RESTRICTED
BLOCK SIZE IN FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTS -
(a) The Algebraic Expressions for Factors -
(b), Confounding with Three Factors -
(c) Confounding with Four Factors -
(d) Confounding with Five Factors -
(e) Confounding with Six Factors -
(f) Computation of the Results of a Confounded Experiment: an Example -
(g) Confounding with Factors at Three Levels -
(h) Confounding with Factors at Four Levels -
(i) Double Confounding -
CHAPTER XVI -
THE FRACTIONAL REPLICATION
OF FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTS -
(a) The Need for Fractional Replication -
(b) The Construction of Confounding Arrangements -
(c) A Simple Half-Replicated Arrangement -
(d) Practical Half-Replicate Arrangements -
(e) Confounding in Fractionally Replicated Experiments -
(f) Higher Fractional Replications -
(g) Construction of the Designs -
(h) An Example of a Half-Replicate Experiment -
(i) Experiments with Some Factors at Four Levels -
U) Subsequently Decreasing the Order of Fractionation -
(k) The Relationship Between Confounding and Fractional Replication -
CHAPTER XVII -
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -
(a) Investigation of Multi-Variable Processes -
(b) The Advantages of Planning Experiments -
(c) Conclusions -
APPENDIX -
Table I Table of t -
Table II Table of X2 -
Table III Tables of Variance Ratio -
Table IV Table of the Correlation Coefficient -
Table V Factors for Control Charts -
Table VI The Angular Transformation of Percentages to Degrees -
Table VII Abbreviated Table of Probits -
Table VIII Random Numbers -
Bibliography -
INDEX -