Statistical Case Studies: A Collaboration between Academe and Industry

Abstract

Preface Introductions: The Benefits of Cases, Partnering for the Future of the Statistics Profession 1. Are the Fish Safe to Eat? Assessing Mercury Levels in Fish in Maine Lakes 2. Chemical Assay Validation 3. Automating a Manual Telephone Process 4. Dissolution Method Equivalence 5. Comparison of Hospital Length of Stay Between Two Insurers for Patients with Pediatric Asthma 6. Comparing Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs with Respect to Stomach Damage 7. Validating an Assay of Viral Contamination 8. Control Charts for Quality Characteristics Under Nonnormal Distributions 9. Evaluation of Sound to Improve Customer Value 10. Improving Integrated Circuit Manufacture Using a Designed Experiment 11. Evaluating the Effects of Nonresponse and the Number of Response Levels on Survey Samples 12. Designing an Experiment to Obtain a Target Value in the Chemical Processes Industry 13. Investigating Flight Response of Pacific Brant to Helicopters at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska by Using Logistic Regression 14. Estimating the Biomass of Forage Fishes in Alaska's Prince William Sound Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 15. A Simplified Simulation of the Impact of Environmental Interference on Measurement Systems in an Electrical Components Testing Laboratory 16. Cerebral Blood Flow Cycling: Anesthesia and Arterial Blood Pressure 17. Modeling Circuit Board Yields 18. Experimental Design for Process Settings in Aircraft Manufacturing 19. An Evaluation of Process Capability for Fuel Injector Process Using Monte Carlo Simulation 20. Data Fusion and Maintenance Policies for Continuous Production Processes Index.