                     Index of Selected Examples
                                from
                    Statistics for Experimenters
                                 by
      George E. P. Box, William G. Hunter, & J. Stuart Hunter
                               Wiley, 1978


Engineering/Science Topic                         Page      Stat Topic
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Nursery School Cup Pouring Experiment               1       Experimentation
Chemist Yield Experiment                            2       Hypothesis/Exp Cycle
Resin Treatments Comparison for Polluted Water     10 Major Devel/Production Seq
Method Comparison for Industrial Yield             22/32/76 Comp Rand Des & t
Drug Comparison for Temperature Reduction          53       Comp Rand Des & t
Fertilizer Comparison for Tomato Plant Height      94       Comp Rand Des
Material Comparison for Boys Shoe Wear             98 Major Rand Block Des
Chemist Comparison # 1 for Measurement Precision  121       F
Chemist Comparison # 2 for Measurement Precision  121 Prob  F
Production Line Bolt Lengths                      154 Prob  Normal
Aircraft Engine Thrust                            154 Prob  Normal
Type Comparison for Concrete Beam Strength        154 Prob  Comp Rand Des
Testing a New Spray for Asbestos Fiber Reduction  155 Prob  t
Stream Pollution Comparison                       155 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Beer Taste Comparison                             156 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Method Comparison for Measuring Dissolved Oxygen  156 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Config Comparison for Solar Energy Collec. Power  157 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Cathode Interference Resistance Plate Current     157 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Bronchial Aerosol Admin. Method Airway Resistance 158 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Agricultural Harvestor Configuration Performance  158 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Config Comparison for Agricultural Harvestor Perf 158 Prob  Vomp Rand Des & t
Diet Comparison for Hen Egg Production            159 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Drug Comparison for Eye Dilation Side Effect      160 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Recipe Comparison for Cake Volume                 160 Prob  Comp Rand Des & t
Diet Comparison for Blood Coagulation Time        165 Major Comp Rand & ANOVA
Method Comparison for Penicillin Production Yield 209 Major Rand Bl & ANOVA
Gasoline Additive Comparison for Auto Emission    247/263   Latin Square
Synthetic Yarn Conparison for Breaking Strength   250       Latin Square
Configuration Comparison for Cloth Tester Wear    255       Graeco-Latin Sq
Operator Comparison for Ingot Break-Strength      281 Prob  Rand Block Des
Treatment Comp. for Army Warehouse Roughness Test 281 Prob  Comp Rand & ANOVA
Interlaboratory Comparison for Wire Tension Test  282 Prob  Comp Rand & ANOVA
Homogeneity Comparison for Cloth Wear             283 Prob  Latin Square
Operator Comparison for Nitrogen Soil Analysis    284 Prob  Rand Block Des
Operator Comparison for Production Line Effic.    285 Prob  Rand Block Des
Metal Comparison for Corrosion Rates              286 Prob  Rand BLock Des
Alloy Comparison for Performance                  286 prob  Comp Rand Des

Temp/Conc/Catalyst Eff on Pilot Plant Chem Yield  307 Major 2**3
Cat/Temp/Pres/Conc Effect on Chemical Conv. Yield 325 Major 2**4
Emulsifier/Emulsifier/Catalyst Eff on Film Clarity352       2**3
Monomer/Chain Eff on Polymer Clarity/Color/Visc   353       2**3
Mesh/Flow Rate Eff on Sewage Overflow Screen. Eff 354 Major 2**3 in seq
Petrochemical Plant Production Costs              362       2**2 wcp EVOP
Reflux Ratio/Recycle Ratio Eff on Petro Plant Cost362       2**2 wcp EVO
Temp/Stir Rate/Add Time eff on Polymer Opt Dens/TP365       2**2 in seq EVOP
Seat Ht/Generator/Tire Pres Effect on Bike Speed  368       2**3
Feed/Cat/Ag/Temp/Conc Eff on Reactor Efficiency   376 Major 2**5 & 2**(4-1)
Seat/Gen/Hdb/Gear/Coat/Food/Pres Eff on Bike Speed390 Major 2**(7-4) & de-alias
Temp/Moist/etc. Eff on Injection Molding Shrinkage398/413   2**(7-4) & foldover
Cat/Add/Em1/Em2/Em3 eff on Polymer Film App/Adhes 419       2**(5-2)
Acid/Cat/Temp/Monomer Eff on Home Cleanser Stabil.422       2**(4-1)
Water/Soda/Temp/etc Eff on Ind Plant Filt. Time   424 Major 2**(7-4) & foldover
Factors Eff Flight Sim. Pilot Commun. Delay Time  429   2**(8-4)
Concentration Effect on Alloy Breaking Strength   434 Prob  2**2
Temp/Conc/Catalyst Effect on Chemical Yield       434 Prob  2**3
Bathers Effect on Bacteria Level in Water         435 Prob  2**3
Temp/pH/Agitation Rate Effect on Chemical Yield   437 Prob  2**3
Temp/Catalyst/pH Effect on Chemical Yield         437 Prob  2**3
Factor Effect on Carburator Unburned Hydrocarbons 438 Prob  2**(4-1)
Temp/Conc/Stirring Rate Effect on Yield           439 Prob  2**3
Filler/Curing/Spreading Effect on Syn. Leather    439 Prob  4 & 2**2
Temp/Humidity/Pump Effect on Finish Imperfections 439 Prob  2**3
Temp/Conc/Time Effect on Weight of Recov. Metal   440 Prob  2**3
Factors Effecting on Solar Collector Efficiency   441 Prob  2**4
Mode/Range/Speed Effect on Radar Acq. Time        442 Prob  2**3
Phosph/Nitrogen/Carbon Effect on Algae Growth     442 Prob  2**3
Factors Effecting Plastic Factory Pollution       443 Prob  2**3 wcp
Conc/Agitation Speed/Temp Effect on Chem Impurity 444 Prob  2**4
Electrode Diam./Melt Rate/etc. Effect on Welding  446 Prob  2**(5-1)
Factors Effecting Road Asphalt                    447 Prob  2**5

Time Effect on Aerosol Spral Dispersion           453 Major Lin. Reg.
Input Amount Effect on Dissolved Zinc in Acid     458       Lin. Reg.
Chemical Impurity Initial Formation Rate          462 Major Plan. Reg.
Velocity Effect on Inertia Welding Strength       473 Major Lin. Reg.
Diet Effect Supplement on Growth Rate             480 Major Quad. Reg.
Time effect on Biochemical Oxygen Demand          483 Major Exp. Reg.
Temp/pH/Water Effect on Resiliency                503       2**3 & Ref.
Time & Temperature Effect on Chemical Yield       511 Major 1FAAT & 2**2 wcp
Volume Effect on Next Old Faithful Eruption Time  540       Reg.
Hydraulic Volume                                  541 Major Mech. Mod.
Time Effect on Chemical Reaction Conc.            547       Non-Lin. Reg.
Time Effect on Thermal Conductivity               606 Prob  Lin. Reg.
Dial Setting Effect on Voltage                    606 Prob  Lin. Reg.
Temperature effect on Amount of Iron Oxidized     607 Prob  Lin. Reg.
Feed Rate/Speed Effect on Tool Life               608 Prob  Mult. Lin. Reg.
Temp/Feed Rate/Humidity effect on Drying Temp     609 Prob  Mult. Lin. Reg.
Packer Effect on Packing Efficiency               610 Prob  Mult. Lin. Reg.
Temp/Wind Velocity Effect on Tensile Stress       612 Prob  2**2 & Reg.
Temperature Effect on Surface Finish              613 Prob  Reg.
Comp Ratio/Coolant Temp Effect on Peak Gas Temp   614 Prob  Mult. Lin. Reg.
Time Effect on Water Pollution BOD                615 Prob  Non. Lin. Reg.
Temp/Conc/pH Effect on Chemical Yield             615 Prob  2**3 & Reg.
Reaction Time Effect on Chem Kinetics Conc.       616 Prob  Non-Lin. Reg.
Factor Effects on Prototype Engine Noise          617 Prob  3**2 wcp & Reg.
Temp/Pressure effect on Chemical Yield            618 Prob  Resp. Surf. Mod.
Speed/Feed Effect on Lathe Tool Life              618 Prob  3**3 & Mult. Reg.
Temp/pH/Catalyst Conc Effect on Chemical Yield    619 Prob  2**3 & Mult. Reg.
Travel/Vibration Effect on Cement Block Prod Eff  620 Prob  Resp. Surf. Mod.
Condensation Temp/Amount of B on Filtration Time  621 Prob  3**3 * Mult. Reg.
Time/Pres/Temp/Rim Size Eff on Tire Radial Runout 622 Prob  Cent. Comp. Des.
Temp/Con effect on Chemical Yield                 623 Prob  Cent. Comp. Des.
Factor Effects on Multiple Chemical Reaction      624 Prob  2**4 & Non. lin. R

