Statistics 533
Reliability
Department of Statistics
Iowa State University
This page is always under construction!
Click here to see the
Statistics 533 syllabus.
Click
here for information on the Statistics 533 text book.
Click
here for information survival analysis books and a few other
references.
There are always a number of students in our class with
interests in applications in the biomedical sciences. As mentioned
in class, there is a close connection between the statistical
methods used in this course and those used in the bio-medical
sciences, where the subject is known as "survival analysis."
Nonparametric methods seem to be favored in this area. The reasons
for this are, perhaps, that there is often more data and less need
to extrapolate. Many reliability applications require extrapolation
in one dimension or another and thus the need for parametric models,
often based on knowledge of the physical/chemical mechanisms
underlying failure.
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version of
RSPLIDA. .
Click here to download the alpha
version of for use on the Department of Statistics terminal servers
RSPLIDA. .
Many of the course handouts are provided on-line in pdf format. Please
make sure that you have a version of Acrobat
Reader on your computer. The latest version is available for free download from
Adobe .
Older versions of Acrobat
Reader may not view or print correctly.
Click to see and/or print the six-to-a-page "psnup" slide material:
- Chapter 1 pdf ,
Chapter 2
pdf ,
Chapter 3
pdf ,
Chapter 4
pdf ,
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Chapter 5
pdf ,
Chapter 6
pdf ,
Chapter 7
pdf ,
Chapter 8
pdf ,
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Chapter 9
pdf ,
Chapter 10
pdf ,
Chapter 11
pdf ,
Chapter 12
pdf ,
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Chapter 13
pdf ,
Chapter 14
pdf ,
Chapter 15
pdf ,
Chapter 16
pdf ,
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Chapter 17
pdf ,
Chapter 18
pdf ,
Chapter 19
pdf ,
Chapter 20
pdf ,
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Chapter 21
pdf
These "psnups" are useful as as an outline of the Meeker and Escobar text and
as student notes for a course based on this book.
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to see restrictions on copying.
I recommend that students print these out only as we approach
the respective chapters during the semester. This is because I
expect to be updating some of the chapters during the semester,
usually about two weeks before they are needed in the class. The
changes will not be extensive, but could affect the page
numbering. Also, not all chapters are covered in the course. See the
Statistics 533
syllabus for a listing of the chapters that are covered.
Full-sized Slides.
It is also possible view or print
copies of the full-sized slides (mostly useful for the instructor,
but can also be used to get a better view of some of the
figures).
Click here to access the full-size slides.
Click to see and/or print some old Statistics 533 exams:
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important dates.
These dates are for the on-campus class. Off-campus
students will run about one week behind. Assignments will
generally be due one week following the day that the assignment is
supposed to be received.
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533 the assignment
policy.
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the grading policy.
Data files
Click here
to get to the ftp
site containing a collections of data sets from which I will choose
in preparing assignments. Let me know if you
have trouble using any of these data sets. All of the data sets
should be in the Splida_text_data folder in either white-space
delimited form or tab-delimited form (I am slowly converting all
white-space delimited files to tab delimited). Only selected data
sets are available in Excel or JMP formats, but the number of such
files will continue to grow over time.
The file DataDescriptions.doc in the Splida_excel_data folder
provides the source of each data set and indicates where it is used
in Meeker and Escobar (1998). This file, however, is not yet
completely up to date, as new data sets are being added all the time
and the index is not keeping up.
Click here to download
the zip
file containing some course data sets in Excel files and JMP data files.
Any corrections and updates for Statistics 533 students will be
posted here. Please inform me as soon as possible if you detect any
inconsistencies or other errors in text, lecture notes or
the assignments.
Some links to other sites with information about reliability.
Students with disabilities
Please address any special needs or special accommodations with me at the
beginning of the semester or as soon as you become aware of your needs.
Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student
Academic Accommodation Request (SAAR) form from the Disability Resources
(DR) office (515-294-6624). DR is located on the main floor of the Student
Services Building, Room 1076.
Send electronic
mail to W. Q. Meeker at
wqmeeker@iastate.edu
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to go to W.Q. Meeker's homepage.