Statistical Analysis Simplified: The Easy-to-Understand Guide to SPC and Data Analysis (H. James Harrington Performance Improvement Series) - Hardcover

Harrington, H. James; Hoffherr, Glen; Reid, Robert

9780079137296: Statistical Analysis Simplified: The Easy-to-Understand Guide to SPC and Data Analysis (H. James Harrington Performance Improvement Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0079137296 ISBN 13: 9780079137296

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1998

Minimize your business risk by making better use of statistics. The learning organization has given way to the knowledge organization - one that is deluged with information, some of it fact and some of it fiction. To allow us to manage our risks, we need to learn to use statistics to better understand how much faith we can place in the data upon which we base our decisions. Fortunately, today's computer programs have taken the drudgery out of statistics. You only need to know how to ask the right questions to quantify your risks. That is what "Statistical Analysis Simplified" is all about. It lays out in simple, easy-to-understand language the principles of statistical analysis and statistical thinking - the keys to minimizing variation and improving quality. Each chapter is based upon practical, proven, business-friendly templates that use measurement, numbers, and data to provide new insights and show you how to make better decisions. This breakthrough book explains: easy and useful methods to compare and contrast groups of numbers, providing new insights into a wide variety of situations; how the answers to 'unsolvable' problems are often in the data - and how to see them; and, proven ways to translate the logic and power of measurement to your own, seemingly unrelated applications. "Statistical Analysis Simplified" will change the way in which you see numbers, measurements, and statistics. This accessible, one-of-a-kind book/CD communications package simplifies statistical methods so that everyone can understand and use them. Once you are familiar with each, you will become an expert at choosing the right method to instantly clarify your decision process, help solve your toughest problems, and even prevent problems from occurring.

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Book Description:

Statistical Analysis Simplified lays out in simple, easy-to-understand language the principles of Statistical Process Control. One of the basic tenants of quality improvement is to minimize variation, and SPC is the key to doing this. This book is designed to help the reader think about ways to use measurement, numbers, and data to make better decisions by providing the answers to these three basic questions: Am I getting the results I want? Is there too much variation in the results I'm getting? Are these results stable over time? In a clear and accessible manner, Harrington makes this complex topic easy to grasp. The CD-ROM insert reinforces learning through case studies, exercises, games and simulations.

About the Author:

H. James Harrington, Ph.D., the visionary International Quality Advisor for Ernst & Young, added Business Process Improvement to today's business lexicon. with over 15 books to his credit and more than 45 years of experience, Dr. Harrington is considered one of the world's Performance Improvement gurus.

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