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Understanding Design of Experiments: A Primer for Technologist (Progress in Polymer Processing) [Paperback]

R. J. Del Vecchio (Author)

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Paperback: 175 pages
Publisher: Hanser Gardner Publications (January 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1569902224
ISBN-13: 978-1569902226
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Practical guide to a complex subject, February 12, 2002

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This book provides a simple, practical, easy to understand approach to a potentially confusing subject. It quickly brings the reader to the point where they are able to design and run basic designed experiments. It provides enough statistical background to facilitate the basic understanding necessary for success without bogging the reader down with unnecessary theory.

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4.0 out of 5 stars For technologists in a hurry, February 6, 2002

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Strikes a nice balance between theory and practice. Gives enough fundamentals to allow the reader to know the basics of what is going on with the analysis in designed experiments, but does not bog the reader down with complex equations that are best left to the user's computer software to crank through.

Provides practical guidance in selecting one experimental design over another, and the appendix allows one to set up multi-variable experiments with pen and paper - if the software in your program of choice is weak in this area.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Practical Application, February 7, 2002

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As a manufacturing engineer, I have performed rather complex DOEs. The benefit for me from this book has been a deeper understanding of the theoretical side of DOEs while aquiring excellent practical advice for executing them. I was also involved in a training seminar with Mr. Del Vecchio, and very impressed with his ability to teach a complex subject with a down to earth approach.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Starts slow and then goes too fast
The book starts out with nice explanations about averages, standard deviation, normal distribution, standard error, etc. Read more

Published on August 9, 2008 by moneymanager

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for me
A mass of facts and data hardly comprehensible with bad explanations and exampes, in my view.

Published on June 29, 2006 by G. Julian

5.0 out of 5 stars A fast track DOE (Design of Experiments) course:
If the Experiment you are dealing with requires a statistical design and you're a novice to DOE, this would be an ideal book. Read more

Published on September 12, 2004 by Jeyarathan Arjunan

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the non-statistician
If you are a professional statician, this is probably not the book for you, but if you are looking for a book that explains design-of experiments (DOE) in PLAIN English, you will... Read more

Published on February 5, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Easy to Understand Introductory DOX Text
Mr. DelVecchio's text is an excellent, easy to understand introductory design of experiments text. Mr. Read more

Published on February 5, 2002 by Ernest B. Ferro

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Basic Textbook
This is not a book that you would want to read on a family vacation. It is a small textbook on DOE and a pretty good one at that. Read more

Published on May 15, 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely hard to follow...
This was yet another difficult book on the design of experiments. After suffering my way through parts of the book, I finally realized that I hadn't learned anything. Read more

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First Sentence:
Every time someone sits down to consciously plan out some limited course of action to learn about what affects a process and how, that is in a real sense a designed experiment. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
numerous design options, main factor effects, half factorial, normal scatter, saturated designs, screening design, inner array, outer array, mixture designs, experimental volume, fractional designs, central composite design, full factorial, pure error, scree plot, coded levels, interaction column, experimental runs, experimental space, quadratic model

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Basics of Mixture Designs, Sums of Squares, Tensile Strength Run

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Understanding Statistics/Book and Disk by R. Lyman Ott in Back Matter
Quality By Experimental Design, 3rd Edition (Quality and Reliability) by Thomas B. Barker in Back Matter
Introduction to Industrial Polymers by Henri Ulrich in Front Matter
Understanding Product Design for Injection Molding (Hanser Understanding Books) by Herbert Rees in Front Matter
Computer Modeling for Polymer Processing (Computer Aided Engineering for Polymer Processing) by Charles L. Tucker in Front Matter

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Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference by I.C. Parmee on page 5
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Blow Molding Design Guide (Spe Books) by Norman C. Lee in Front Matter

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