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Design of Experiments with MINITAB
Paul Mathews, ASQ Quality Press, 2004, ISBN 0-87389-637-8.

• Buy the book from ASQ Quality Press.
• Libraries that have the book. (For my local students and customers, there are copies of the book at Fairport Harbor Public Library and Lakeland Community College Library that can be ordered through CLEVNET and OhioLINK, respectively. Use this link to get to these sites.)
  
• Errata - So far, mostly minor typos!
• View the detailed table of contents.
  
• Read the front matter and first two chapters on line (pdf).
• View most of the book on line at Google books.
  
• Book reviews:
• TQM Magazine (pdf), republished with permission, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (www.emeraldinsight.com/tqm.htm).
• ASQ Quality Press, May 2005, p. 96 (pdf). Republished with permission.
• The American Statistician, Vol. 60, No. 2. (May 2006), pp. 205-205.
• Download the contents of the CD distributed with the book.
• Translation of example problem solutions into R.
• DOE course description
• For instructors: Download my DOE class presentation slides in html format (2.5Mb).
  

Abstract:
Most of the classic DOE books were written before DOE software was generally available, so the technical level that they assumed was that of the engineer or scientist who had to write his or her own analysis software. In this practical introduction to DOE, guided by the capabilities of the common software packages, Paul Mathews presents the basic types and methods of designed experiments appropriate for engineers, scientists, quality engineers, and Six Sigma Black Belts and Master Black Belts. Although instructions in the use of MINITAB are detailed enough to provide effective guidance to a new MINITAB user, the book is still general enough to be very helpful to users of other DOE software packages. Every chapter contains many examples with detailed solutions including extensive output from MINITAB.


Contents:

• Graphical Presentation of Data
• Descriptive Statistics
• Inferential Statistics
• DOE Language and Concepts
• Experiments for One-Way Classifications
• Experiments for Multi-Way Classifications
• Advanced ANOVA Topics
• Linear Regression
• Two-Level Factorial Designs
• Fractional Factorial Designs
• Response Surface Designs
• Appendix of Statistical Tables
• CD-ROM: Excel files with the data from the book's many example problems; descriptions of simple designed experiments that can be performed at home or in the classroom or lab; homework problems for each chapter; custom MINITAB macros for designing and analyzing experiments and performing other special functions; and a standard set of experiment design files with simulation macros in  both MINITAB and Excel.

Download Contents of the CD:  The following material is distributed on the CD packaged with the book and is reproduced here with permission from ASQ Quality Press:

• Example Problem Data Sets (Download)
  
• Homework Problems (Download)
  
• Homework Problem Data Files (Download)
• Classroom Exercises and Labs (Download)
• Paper Helicopter Templates (Download)
  
• MINITAB DOE Macro Library (View Descriptions and Download) There are more MINITAB macros available here.
• MINITAB Design Files (Download)
• Excel Design Files (Download)

Translation into R: The following links provide the R code and the code plus solutions, respectively, for the example problems from the book.

• R Code to reproduce the solutions to the example problems (.txt)
  
• R Code with solutions to the example problems (.html)
  

Translations Into Other Programs: In anticipation of criticism that the book is too heavily focused on MINITAB - in our opinion, not true! - we are translating the instructions and examples given in the book from MINITAB into the languages and terms of other software programs. These translations will be provided here, on line. Currently, we are working on the translation into NCSS, however, we will take on other such translations to support our training activities as they become necessary. Please understand that we cannot afford to purchase and invest the time required to prepare translations for every program.

• Translation to NCSS (Coming soon)
  

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