Statistical Case Studies Student Edition: A Collaboration Between Academe and Industry (ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability, Series Number 3)

Statisticians know that the clean data sets that appear in textbook problems have little to do with real-life industry data. To better prepare their students for all types of statistical careers, academic statisticians now strive to use data sets from real-life statistical problems. This book contains 20 case studies that use actual data sets that have not been simplified for classroom use. Each case study is a collaboration between statisticians from academe and from business, industry, or government. This book is the result of a collaborative workshop of statisticians focusing on academic-industrial partnerships. The cases come from a wide variety of application areas, including biology/environment, medical and health care, pharmaceutical, marketing and survey research, and manufacturing. Statistical Case Studies A Collaboration Between Academe and Industry:Student Edition......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 10 THE BENEFITS OF CASES......Page 18 PARTNERING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE STATISTICS PROFESSION......Page 22 CHAPTER 1 ARE THE FISH SAFE TO EAT?ASSESSING MERCURY LEVELS IN FISH IN MAINE LAKES......Page 34 CHAPTER 2 CHEMICAL ASSAY VALIDATION......Page 40 CHAPTER 3 AUTOMATING A MANUAL TELEPHONE PROCESS......Page 48 CHAPTER4 DISSOLUTION METHOD EQUIVALENCE......Page 56 CHAPTER5 COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY BETWEEN TWO INSURERS FOR PATIENTS WITH PEDIATRIC ASTHMA......Page 62 CHAPTER6 COMPARING NONSTERIODAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS WITH RESPECT TO STOMACH DAMAGE......Page 72 CHAPTER 7 VALIDATING AN ASSAY OF VIRAL CONTAMINATION......Page 76 CHAPTER 8 CONTROL CHARTS FOR QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS UNDER NONNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS......Page 82 CHAPTER 9 EVALUATION OF SOUND TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER VALUE......Page 92 CHAPTER 10 IMPROVING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE USING A DESIGNED EXPERIMENT......Page 102 CHAPTER 11 EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF NONRESPONSE AND THE NUMBER OF RESPONSE LEVELS ON SURVEY SAMPLES......Page 112 CHAPTER 12 DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT TO OBTAIN A TARGET VALUE IN THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES INDUSTRY......Page 120 CHAPTER 13 INVESTIGATING FLIGHT RESPONSE OF PACIFIC BRANT TO HELICOPTERS AT IZEMBEK LAGOON, ALASKA BY USING LOGISTIC REGRESSION......Page 130 CHAPTER 14 ESTIMATING THE BIOMASS OF FORAGE FISHES IN ALASKA'S PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL......Page 138 CHAPTER 15 A SIMPLIFIED SIMULATION OF THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFERENCE ON MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS IN AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TESTING LABORATORY......Page 150 CHAPTER 16 CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOWCYCLING:ANESTHESIA AND ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE......Page 162 CHAPTER 17 MODELING CIRCUIT BOARD YIELDS......Page 176 CHAPTER 18 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR PROCESS SETTINGS IN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING......Page 184 CHAPTER 19 AN EVALUATION OF PROCESS CAPABILITY FOR A FUEL INJECTOR PROCESS USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION......Page 190 CHAPTER 20 DATA FUSION AND MAINTENANCE POLICIES FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION PROCESSES......Page 200 Index......Page 212