Applied Statistical Methods and the Chemical Industry

  • Robert Kasprzyk
  • Stephen Vardeman
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Abstract

The discipline of statistics is the study of effective methods of data collection, data summarization, and (data based, quantitative) inference making in a framework that explicitly recognizes the reality of nonnegligible varia-tion in many real-world processes and mea-surements.

Keywords

Control Chart Aluminum Content Industrial Chemistry Exponentially Weight Move Average Experimental Region 
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • Robert Kasprzyk
    • 1
  • Stephen Vardeman
    • 2
  1. 1.Dow Chemical CompanyUSA
  2. 2.Department of StatisticsIowa State UniversityUSA

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