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5.
Process Improvement
5.1.
Introduction
This section
describes
the basic
concepts of
the Design
of
Experiments
(DOE or
DEX)
This section introduces the basic concepts, terminology, goals and
procedures underlying the proper statistical design of experiments.
Design of experiments is abbreviated as DOE throughout this chapter
(an alternate abbreviation, DEX, is used in DATAPLOT).
Topics covered are:
What is experimental design or DOE.
q
What are the goals or uses of DOE.
q
What are the steps in DOE.
q
5.1. Introduction
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