Module 1: Introduction to Data Analysis

• Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Knowledge and Skills
    • Knowledge
    • Skills
• Statistics in Real Life
• Stable Processes
• Assessing Stability
• Sources of Variation
  • Example: A Stable Process that Wasn't
  • Identifying Sources of Variation in Data from a Stable Process
    • Stratified Plots
• Identifying Possible Causes of Variation
• An Example
• Doing it with SAS
  • Stability of Processes
    • Figures #gsfig1_1#245>, #gsfig1_2#246> and #gsfig1_3#247>
    • Figures #gsfig1_5#257>, #gsfig1_6#258> and #gsfig1_7#259>
  • Sources of Variation
    • Example: A Stable Process that Wasn't
  • Identifying Possible Causes of Variation
    • Creating a New Ishikawa Diagram
    • Saving a Diagram
    • Retrieving a Diagram
    • Printing a Diagram
• Discussion Questions
• Exercises
• Module 1 Mini-Project
• Appendix I: Computing a Moving Average with an Even Number of Terms
• Module 1, Lab 1
  • Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Lab Materials
  • Experimental Procedure