Wow! This is cool! If the book is even half as good as the Lady Tasting Tea we are all in for a treat! I will start reading and promoting right away.
Thank you, Larry!
JMP just published our first full length e-Book to both the JMP Resource Center and the SAS Bookstore. Written by David Salsburg, Cautionary Tales in Designed Experiments provides a comprehensive foundational-level overview of statistical design of experiments (DOE), for readers with minimal mathematical knowledge and skills. The book starts with historical examples and goes on to cover missteps, mismanaged experiments, learnings, the importance of randomization, and more. In later chapters, the book covers more statistical concepts, such as various designs for experiments, analysis of variance, Bayes’ theorem in DOE, measurement, and when experiments fail. Salsburg concludes by citing the ubiquity of statistical design of experiments and tips and best practices for creating a strong designed experiment.
The book also includes an afterward written by JMP's very own Bradley Jones.
A longtime friend of JMP, David Salsburg has been a naval officer, college professor, scientific researcher, and, now, author. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with honors in History in 1952, then spent three years as an officer in the U.S. Navy and five years in the meat business, before returning to school for a master’s degree in Mathematics from Trinity College, Hartford, and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Connecticut. He has taught courses at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Connecticut, and Connecticut College. For 27 years, he engaged in research at Pfizer, Inc., working on the development of new drugs, where he rose to the top of the company’s scientific ladder. David retired from Pfizer in 1995 and has since taught courses at Harvard and Yale Universities. He has many scientific publications, including three academic books. David has also written popular science books, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century and Errors, Blunders, and Lies: How to Tell the Difference.
David Salsburg book is the perfect resource for customers or prospects looking for a foundational understanding of designed experiments.
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Thanks
Larry
It is shorter, but in the same way the The Lady Tasting Tea recounts tales in statistics in the last century, Cautionary Tales recounts tales in DOE. And the Afterword by our own Brad Jones is awesome. Enjoy!
