Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com AMCP 706-112 FOREWORD INTRODUCTION ment data. Section 2 provides detailed pro- cedures for the analysis and interpretation of This is one of a group of handbooks covering enumerative and classificatory data. Section 3 the engineering information and quantitative has to do with the planning and analysis of corn- data needed in the design, development, construe- tion, and test of military equipment which (as a consideratioa ex ents.
ifiction 4of a number group) constitute the Army Materiel Command ngierop cnstitute tHendbook A yof important but as yet non-standard statistical Engineering Design Handbook, techniques, and to discussion of various other special topics. An index for the material in all Y PURPOSE OF HANDBOOK four sections is placed at the end of Section 4. e HSection 5 contains all the mathematical tables "beenThe Handbook on Experimental Statistics has needed for application of the procedures given been prepared as an aid to scientists and evlgi- in Sections 1 through 4.
neers engaged in Army research and develop- An understanding of a few basic statistical ment programs, and especially as a guide and concepts, as given in Chapter 1, is necesssary; ready reference for military and civilian person- otherwise each of the first four sections is largely nel who have responsibility for the planning and independent of the others. Each procedure, test, interpretation of experiments and tests relating and technique described is illustrated by means to the performance of Army equipment in the of a worked example. A list of authoritative design and developmental stages of production. references is included, where appropriate, at the end of each chapter.
Step-by-step instructions SCOPE AND USE OF HANDBOOK are given for attaining a stated goal, and the conditions nnder which a particular procedure is This Handbook is a collection of statistical strictly valid are stated explicitly. An attempt is procedures and tables. It is presented in five made to indicate the extent to which results ob- sections, viz: tained by a given procedure are valid to a good AMCP 706-110, Section 1, Basic Concepts approximation when these conditions are not and Analysis of Measurement Data (Chapters fully met.
Alternative procedurs are given for 1-6) handling eases where the more standard proce- AMCP 706-111, Section 2, Analysis of Enu- dures cannot be trusted to yield reliable results. merative and Classificatory Data (Chapters The Handbook is intended for the user with 7-10) aln engineering background who, although he has an occasional need for statistical techniques, does AMCP 706-112, Section 3, Planning and not have the time or inclination to become an ex. Analysis of Comparative Experiments (Chapters pert on statistical theory and methodology. 11-14) The Handbook has been written with three AMCP 706-113, Section 4, Special Topics types of users in mind.
The first is the person (Chapters 15-23) who has had a course or two in statistics, and = AMCP 706-114, Sction 5, Tables who may even have had some practical experi- ence in applying statistical methods in the past, Section 1 provides an elementary introduc- but who does not have statistical ideas and tech- tion to basic statistical concepts and furnishes niques at his fingertips. For him, the Handbook full details on standard statistical techniques will provide a ready reference source of once for the analysis and interpretation of measure- familiar ideas and techniques. The second is the Vi