Statistics 361 Quality Improvement for Industry

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Statistics 361-- Quality Improvement for Industry

• Instructor Wayne Ammon Larsen

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Outline of Introduction

• Introduction of Instructor
• Introduction of Students
• Syllabus

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Introduction of Instructor --Wayne Ammon Larsen

• Born in Waynesboro, Virginia -- 1939
• (They named the town after me!)
• From my middle name you can tell I was raised LDS

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Highlight of High School

• In the 8th grade I predicted that we would win
  the state championship when we were seniors
• We did! (I was a bench warmer)

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BYU

• I attended BYU (never considered another school)
• I loved it
• After three majors, I settled on statistics,
  which I have always enjoyed
• Graduated in the first class of statistics majors
  at this institution

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Elena Bodily

• In SLC I met Elena Bodily, originally from
  Meridan Idaho
• We were married in the Logan Temple in 1964

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Virginia Tech

• We spent four years in graduate school
• In Blacksburg, VA
• Graduated with a PhD in Statistics 1967

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Jobs and Locations

• Hercules Powder
• Bell Telephone Labs
• Eyring Research
• Brigham Young Univ
• Dupont
• BYU (again)

• SLC/Magna, UT
• Murray Hill, NJ
• Provo, UT
• Provo, UT
• Wilmington, DE
• fall 98

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Professional Accomplishments

• Published a couple of statistical techniques
  which have made their way into many software
  packages

• A sports ranking system that has been used in
  many guises
• WordPrint analysis of the Book of Mormon

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Children

• Tara
• Kirk
• Tory
• Maren
• Ross Student at BYU

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Church Service

• Young Mens Superintendent
• CubMaster
• Stake Executive Secretary
• High Council
• High Priest Group Leadership

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Why Are You Here?

• Why are taking this class?
• What is your major?
• Class level?
• What do you hope to get out of the class?
• Any concerns?

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Syllabus

• You each have a partial copy of the course
  syllabus
• You should have a complete copy of the syllabus
  soon.

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Syllabus Outline

• Lab meeting times
• Instructor
• Materials needed
• Grade components

• Schedule
• Software
• Classroom etiquette
• Grades on Web

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Lab Meeting Times

• The lab meeting times should be self-explanatory
• Always put your section number on homework,
  tests, and quizzes

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Instructor

• Wayne Ammon Larsen
• 233 TMCB
• 422-9393
• larsen_at_byu.edu
• Office Hours in syllabus
• Come anytime, but I guarantee Ill be there
  during office hours

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Materials Needed for Class

• Book -- Engineering Statistics -- by
  Montgomery, Runger, and Hubele
• Signature card -- needed to print homework
  tests from computer -7 cents per page.

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PowerPoint Slides

• Powerpoint slides are also on the web
• Some of you will want to print these out before
  class
• You can print up to 8 per page
• These are dynamic they may change slightly
  throughout the semester

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Class and Lab Schedule

• The class and lab schedules are included in your
  copy of the syllabus
• Please glance at this
• Are there any questions?

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The Course Material

• We go through the material in a nonconsecutive
  way so that we can get into the experimental
  design material sooner

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Special Day to Remember

• No Class on Monday May 29th

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Grade Components

• 17 Homework
• 17 Quizzes
• 18 Exam 1
• 18 Exam 2

• 12 Labs
• 22 Final

Notice these sum to 104 I will drop the lowest
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How Does This Work?

• Consider Jane Does scores on the next slide

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Jane Does Scores
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Jane Does Scores
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Jane Does Scores
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Janes Final Grade

• 0.17 0.95 0.17 0.85 0.170.70
• 85.1
• The grade distribution is given in the complete
  syllabus
• Jane would get a B.

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Quizzes

• There will be 15-25 quizzes during the semester
• I will drop the lowest 3 quiz scores.

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Why Quizzes?

• I need the immediate feedback
• Encourage class attendance
• Encourage students to keep up with the
  terminology, so that lectures are not a waste of
  time
• Research on memory shows that quizzes are a good
  way of getting concepts into long term memory

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More on Quizzes

• Quizzes may given at the beginning of class or
  at the end
• Or both.
• Quizzes will normally be about five minutes

• Quizzes may be closed book, open book, and even
  open neighbor. They will vary.
• Why would I give an open neighbor quiz? I want
  you to get used to the terminology talk to each
  other.

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Homework

• Homework due in 244 (TMCB) drop box at 600PM on
  each Tuesday and Friday
• Late homework (30 deduction) can be turned in by
  600PM the following Tuesday or Friday
• Any other late homework must be approved by me

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Drop Box

• The drop box is built into the wall
• It looks like a mail drop box

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The First Two Exams Will Be in Testing Center

• The Date for the first is in the syllabus

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Final Exam

• 3 Hours
• In Class

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More on Exams

• The two exams in the testing center will be
  open book, open notes
• The final will have a closed book section and an
  open book section.

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Extra Credit

• This is a class in Quality
• A good principle in quality is to get feedback
  from you customer
• You students are my customer
• Therefore each day I will ask a random set of
  students to give me feedback

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Feedback one of the these

• A) Find something in the book or lecture that is
  unclear
• B) A question about the homework
• C) Create an exam or quiz question
• D) State how the course can be improved

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Up to 1 Extra Credit

• Your response must be e-mailed to me by the next
  class period
• Each of you will have one chance a semester for
  this extra credit

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13 Labs

• There are 13 labs
• Each lab a maximum of 1 hour
• Attend your own section
• All labs are in room 244 TMCB
• Homework and quizzes will be handed back in the
  labs

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Teamwork

• In the labs you will be divided up into teams of
  3 or 4 members
• Much of your lab work and your term project will
  be done as teams

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Term Project

• Each team will produce a term project
• These projects are experimental designs as
  discussed in chapter 7
• The description of the term project is given in
  the lab manual

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Computer Software

• MINITAB (version 13) is available in the labs
• You can do homework with MINITAB or any other
  package of your choice
• Classroom examples using the computer will be
  done with MINITAB
• You will learn MINITAB in the labs

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Consideration of Other Students

• Classroom ETTIQUITTE
• We have too many students in this classroom to
  have large numbers of students coming late or
  leaving early
• If you plan on coming to class, COME ON TIME AND
  STAY THE WHOLE PERIOD

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Grades on Web

• This semester I will be putting your grades on
  the web
• By law I cannot display your name
• Therefore, each of you will need a code
• On the sheets handed to you, place any
  combination of numbers or letters
• Do not use NAME or SS number

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What Is a Statistician?

• An individual who wanted to be an accountant, but
  could not stand the excitement.

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