Papers Authored or Co-Authored by Keith M. Bower

Statistical Quality Analysis

Measurement System Analysis

• A Comment on MSA with Destructive Testing
• Evaluating the Usefulness of Data Using Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility
• Measurement System Analysis and Destructive Testing
• Measurement System Analysis with Attribute Data
• Non-Traditional MSA with Continuous Data

Control Charts

• Some Comments on Control Charts with Large Subgroup Sizes
• Using Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) Charts for Small Shifts
• Using Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) Charts

Capability Analysis

• Capability Analysis with Non-Normal Data
• Confidence Intervals for Capability Indices
• Cpk Versus Ppk

Basic Statistical Tools

• Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Using MINITAB
• One Sample t-Test Using MINITAB
• On The Use of Indicator Variables in Regression Analysis
• Sample Size Determination for the Test of One Proportion
• The Paired t-Test Using MINITAB
• When to Use Fisher’s Exact Test

Design and Analysis of Experiments

• Interaction Effects in Designed Experiments
• Model Reduction in Designed Experiments
• Randomization in Designed Experiments
• Some Comments on "Historical" Designed Experiments

Miscellaneous Statistical Topics

• Help for Practitioners Trying to Understand the ANOVA Table
• Some Comments on the Robustness of Student t Procedures
• Some Misconceptions about Confidence Intervals
• Some Misconceptions about the Normal Distribution
• Some Misconceptions about R²
• The Two-Sample t-Test and Randomization Test
• Why Divide By n-1?
• Why We Don’t “Accept” the Null Hypothesis