Statistical Analysis for Engineers

Statistical Analysis for Engineers

5 Day Course £1250.00 +VAT

Why Attend?
Statistical Analysis is widely used and provides useful insights into engineering problems and their solution. Nevertheless, it is a subject that is often regarded as a "black art" without a clear or logical structure. This course both explains the techniques that are most useful in practice, and aims to remove some of the mystique by also explaining their underlying rationale. Emphasis is given throughout the course on understanding the techniques and defining the situations in which they are most usefully applied.
By the end of the course, attendees should have a good general understanding of statistical methods and have greater confidence and proficiency in using statistical software packages. Full practical illustrations are given using the Statistics functions within Microsoft Excel.
What Does the Course Cover?

• Statistical Analysis - its meaning and areas of application
• The types of questions addressed and the main techniques available
• Mean and variance - their relevance and how they are estimated
• Hypothesis testing and the meaning of the significance level
• Confidence intervals and how they should be interpreted
• Regression analysis - the single most useful statistical technique - and why the "least squares" method is used.
• Straight-line regression and also more general regression models
• Correlation and when it is relevant
• The importance of model validation
• Overview of other useful techniques such as calibration methods, time series analysis,
  Statistical Process Control (SPC), Six Sigma, etc.

Applications and practical examples are provided throughout