Index of Selected Examples
                                from
                    Quality by Experimental Design
                                 by
                          Thomas B. Barker
              Center for Quality and Applied Statistics
                  Rochester Institute of Technology
                       Marcel Decker, Inc. 1985


Engineering/Science Topic                         Page      Stat Topic
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Pres/Temp/Time Effect on Chem Process Contamin.    23/199   1FAAT & 2**3
Temp/Pres/Time Effect on Polymer Process Yield     69       Cent. Comp. Des.
Flour/Sugar/Milk/etc. Effect on Pancake Volume     85 Prob  3**(7-p)
Nit/Phos/Potash/Plant Effect on Agricultural Yield 88       2**4 & Blocking
Developer Comparison for Film Image Density        99       Rand Block Des
Gas & Gasohol Comparison for Car Mileage          100/273   Rand Block Des
Commercial Film Comparison for Picture Quality    102/275   Latin Square
Hopper/Sample/Analysis Effect on Coal Mine Sulphur112/279   Nested Des
Factor Effects on Production Line Yield           116       EVOP
Control of Production Line Part Length            136       t (1 sample)
Copier-Purchase Evaluation for Copy Quality       147       t
Attachment Method Comp. for Cement Bond Strength  152       t
Temperature Effect on Apple Storage Life          170       Rand Block Des
Glue Comparison for Cement Bond Strength          186 Prob  Rand Block Des
Letter Comp for Nuc Reac Accident Angry Response  187 Prob  Rand Block Des
Copier Manufacturer Comparison for Copy Quality   187 Prob  Comp Rand Des
Speed/Run-Out Level Effect on Machine Skew        187 Prob  Rand Block Des
Vender (or Supplier) Comparison for Defects       188 Prob  Rand Block Des
Temp/Conc/Speed Effect on Tensile Strength        240       Cent. Comp. Des
Fuel/Speed/Car Model Effect on MPG                288 Prob  2**3
Restaurant Comparison for Hamburger Taste         288 Prob  Comp Rand Des
Gas Brand Comparison for Car MPG                  289 Prob  Latin Square
Interlaboratory Comparison for SRM particle size  289 Prob  Rand Block Des
Bag/Sample Effect for Fertilizer Nitrogen Content 289 Prob  Nested Des
Oil/Time/Power/Type/etc. Eff on Popcorn Vol/Taste 298 Major 2**(8-4)
Temp/pH/Conc/Speed/etc. Eff on Photo Quality      310 Major 2**(7-2)
AgNO3/Gel/Temp/Hum Eff on Photo Emulsion Quality  326/344   2**(k-p) & Taguchi
Grocery Store Cost                                332       Simulation