When and Why Use Statistics

Abstract

Andre and Fred discussing the language of variation and why you need to speak this language as a reliability engineer.

Key Points

Join Andre and Fred as they discuss the value and utility of knowing statistics as a reliability engineer.

Topics include:

It’s part of what we do as reliability professionals.
From presentations to proposals, we need to use statistics
Keep the use of statistics clear and understandable and practical

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SOR 189 When and Why Use StatisticsAndre Kleyner

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Show Notes

See the series of short tutorials, many on the statistics you need: Probability and Statistics for Reliability

About Andre Kleyner

Andre Kleyner has 30 years of engineering, research, consulting, and managerial experience specializing in reliability of electronic and mechanical systems designed to operate in severe environments. He received the doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland, and Master of Business Administration from Ball State University. Dr. Kleyner is Global Reliability Engineering Leader with Delphi Electronics & Safety and an adjunct professor at Purdue University. He is an ASQ Fellow, a CRE, CQE, and Six Sigma Black Belt. He also holds several US and foreign patents and authored multiple professional publications including three books on the topics of reliability, statistics, warranty management, and lifecycle cost analysis. Andre Kleyner is also the editor of the Wiley book Series in Quality and Reliability Engineering published by John Wiley & Sons.

Comments

David Coit says

March 1, 2017 at 7:52 AM

I enjoyed the discussion guys, although didn’t agree with everything. Also I was suprised that there is still an aversion to statistics among working professionals. I though we had advanced beyong that. One disagreement – As a profeesor and reliability professional, I think I value statistic more than most and I would also like to see it in the curriculum, BUT we can never sacrifice the calculus classes. They form the foundation for all of engineering and without that requisite knowledge, our trained engineers become well-meaning technicians – just my thoughts.

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- Fred Schenkelberg says
  
  March 1, 2017 at 10:59 AM
  
  Hi David,
  
  Well said, and if the math is an either or situation between calculus and stats, I agree with you, keep the calculus.
  
  Cheers,
  
  Fred
  
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