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Sample Sizes and Marketing Campaigns

by Ajmani, Vivek

This paper compares two commonly used methods for determining sample sizes in marketing campaigns and provides guidelines for selecting the best method to satisfy business objectives...

  • Filetype: pdf
  • Publish date: 2008-01
  • Keywords:Sample size, Type 1 error, Type 2 error, Confidence interval, Hypothesis testing, Sample cost
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Candy Exercise – Simple Data Analysis

Taken from Fall 2003 Newsletter

by Mitchell, Bob

This fun filled candy exercise is intended to demonstrate the use of basic statistical tools and Statistical Thinking...

  • Filetype: pdf
  • Publish date: 2003-09
  • Keywords:Statistical thinking, Hypothesis testing, Signal-to-noise ratio, P-value, Chi-Square test for independence, Control charts, I and MR chart, P chart, ANOVA
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Using On-Line Process Data to Improve Quality

Youden Address Appearing in Winter 1996 Newsletter

by MacGregor, John F.;

This Youden address identifies the urgency for statisticians to take advantage of the abundance of on-line process data and come up with the next generation of improved multivariate control charts...

  • Filetype: pdf
  • Publish date: 1996-01
  • Keywords:Principal components, Projection latent structures (PLS), Control charts, Covariance, Collinearity, Signal-to-noise ratio, Squared prediction error (SPE), Assignable cause, Common cause, Hotelling’s T2 statistic, Control limits, Hypothesis testing
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Applied Poisson Rate Analysis

Mini Paper Appearing in Summer 1989 Newsletter

by Heys, Jed;

This paper presents a real-life application of the “Comparison of Poisson Means” hypothesis test...

  • Filetype: pdf
  • Publish date: 1989-06
  • Keywords:Poisson distribution, Hypothesis testing, Binomial Test, Chi-Squared Test, Comparison of Poisson Means
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The Alpha-Beta Wars: Which Risk Are You Willing to Live with?

Mini Paper Appearing in Spring 1988 Newsletter

by Propst, Annabeth L.;

This issue contains the Mini-Paper "The Alpha-Beta Wars: Which Risk Are You Willing to Live with?" by Annabeth Propst...

  • Filetype: pdf
  • Publish date: 1988-03
  • Keywords:Common cause, Hypothesis testing, PDCA (plan-do-check-act) cycle, Shewhart chart, Special cause, Type 1 error, Type 2 error

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