Walt Disney once said, “We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Curiosity and passion can be powerful levers in opening new doors, making new discoveries and doing better — so says Jason Brinkley, Senior
Having polled some of my erudite friends and colleagues as well as having finished some noteworthy books these last several months, I developed a book list that may help with your holiday shopping (even if it’s for yourself). In preparing this list, I thought it might be useful to include
I’ve been a huge fan of definitive screening designs from the moment I first read about them. I’ve also been excited by Bradley Jones' new approach for analyzing definitive screening designs. As my second experiment with dyeing toy cars had promising results, it seemed like the right time to better
How do you like your coffee? I like my Coffee Crisp. Of all the commercials from my childhood, this is one of the few catchphrases that I remember. I suspect most readers have no idea what I’m talking about – (although it does exist in the UK and for a short period
DOE (design of experiments) certainly helps make the world a better place in big important ways, but it can also add to your personal quality of life. In addition to the practical and clever experiment designs that developers Ryan Lekivitz and Melinda Theilbar have recently discussed here in the JMP
In an earlier blog post, I began a two-part series to examine a proposed sample preparation scheme for measuring the weight percentage of sodium in potato chips. My first post: Introduced the problem. Entered the raw data into JMP. Standardized the format of the data using Standardize Attributes. Used the Stack
Last time, I discussed setting up a new stage of experimentation for dyeing diecast vehicles. Not everything went as planned, but there were some positive results. I took the alias optimal design from the previous blog post and used a column shuffle to randomize the rows (it was sorted by
In a previous experiment, my father and I changed the color of diecast cars by placing them in fabric dye. A recent visit from my father allowed us to undertake the next experiment in our dyeing journey with some new ideas from my colleague Lou Valente. With the information gained
Sample preparation is a very important part of measuring quantities of substances in analytical chemistry. One benefit of a good sample preparation scheme is the minimization of the cumulative uncertainty for the estimated quantity of interest. This two-part blog series will show how a basic statistical technique called analysis of
George Box and K.B. Wilson introduced the idea of response surface methodology in a famous article[1] in 1951. There were several novel and extremely useful ideas in the article: Designed experiments can be a great tool in experimentally optimizing conditions. When feedback is rapid, there are great benefits to breaking