The Role of Statistics in Engineering USTC（统计工程科大的角色）.pdf

The Role of Statistics 1in Engineering 1 CHAPTER OUTLINE 1-1 THE ENGINEERING METHOD AND 1-2.5 A Factorial Experiment for the STATISTICAL THINKING Pull-off Force Problem (CD Only) 1-2 COLLECTING ENGINEERING DATA 1-2.6 Observing Processes Over Time 1-2.1 Basic Principles 1-3 MECHANISTIC AND EMPIRICAL MODELS 1-2.2 Retrospective Study 1-4 PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY 1-2.3 Observational Study MODELS 1-2.4 Designed Experiments LEARNING OBJECTIVES After careful study of this chapter you should be able to do the following: 1. Identify the role that statistics can play in the engineering problem-solving process 2. Discuss how variability affects the data collected and used for making engineering decisions 3. Explain the difference between enumerative and analytical studies 4. Discuss the different methods that engineers use to collect data 5. Identify the advantages that designed experiments have in comparison to other methods of col- lecting engineering data 6. Explain the differences between mechanistic models and empirical models 7. Discuss how probability and probability models are used in engineering and science CD MATERIAL 8. Explain the factorial experimental design. 9. Explain how factors can Interact. Answers for most odd numbered exercises are at the end of the book. Answers to exercises whose numbers are surrounded by a box can be accessed in the e-Text by clicking on the box. Complete worked solutions to certain exercises are also available in the e-Text. These are indicated in the Answers to Selected Exercises section by a box around the exercise number. Exercises are also