Introduction

Stephen B. Vardeman & J. Marcus Jobe

This chapter is part of: Vardeman S. & Jobe J. 2023. Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis

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This chapter lays a foundation for all that follows: It contains a road map for the study of engineering statistics. The subject is defined, its importance is described, some basic terminology is introduced, and the important issue of measurement is discussed. Finally, the role of mathematical models in achieving the objectives of engineering statistics is investigated.
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    Jan. 12, 2023 Iowa State University Digital Press 25
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    © 2001 Stephen B. Vardeman and J. Marcus Jobe. Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis is available under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 International license. You may share and adapt the material, so long as you provide appropriate credit to the original authors, do not use the material for commercial purposes, and any adaptations or remixes of the material which you create are distributed under the same license as the original.
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    Vardeman S. & Jobe J. 2023. Introduction. In Vardeman S. & Jobe J. 2023. Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis