ASQ Statistics Division Newsletter: Fall 2004 – Fall 2004

Abstract: The articles in this newsletter are Chair’s Message, Outgoing Chair’s Message, Meet the officers, Treasurer’s Report, 48th Annual Fall Technical Conference, CALL FOR PAPERS, The Gateway to Improved Quality, AQC 2004 Summary, 58th AQC Council/Open Business Meeting, MINI PAPER, Must a Process be in Statistical Control to Perform an Effective Experiment?, 2004-2005 Strategic Plan, Statistical Division Operational Planning Meeting Minutes, and Committee Roster.

Keywords: Operational Planning meeting minutes - Design of experiments - Fractional factorial - Mean square error - Special cause - confounding - Aliasing - Cpk - Replication - Half-normal plot of effects