The Probability Workbook

by Mary McShane-Vaughn

Overview

The best way to master probability is to work problems-lots of them. Through repeated practice, formerly fuzzy concepts begin to make sense, and solution strategies become clear. The Probability Workbook is a companion to The Probability Handbook, which covers counting techniques, probability rules, discrete probability distributions, and continuous probability distributions. This workbook offers more than 400 problems covering a wide range of probability techniques and distributions. From poker problems, to famous problems by luminaries in the field such as Pascal, Fermat, Bertrand, Fisher, and Deming, this one-of-a-kind book gives detailed numerical solutions and explanations presented in a conversational way. There are general probability questions involving travel itineraries, baseball, and birth orders, as well as more real-world applications such as quality inspection, reliability, statistical process control, and simulation. Problems applicable to the manufacturing, healthcare, business, and hospitality and tourism industries are included. For easy reference, each numbered problem in the workbook is categorized by broad topic area, and then by a more detailed, descriptive title. In addition to the topic and title, the level of difficulty is displayed for each problem using a die icon. This workbook is an invaluable resource for the probability portions of ASQ's CQE, CSSGB, CSSBB, CSSMBB, and CRE exams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873899994
Publisher:	ASQ Quality Press
Publication date:	06/05/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Mary McShane-Vaughn earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering and an MS in Statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Michigan. She is currently principal partner at University Training Partners, a company that develops and delivers Lean Six Sigma training for corporations and universities. Previously, Dr. McShane-Vaughn was a tenured faculty member at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia (now Kennesaw State University). For eight years, she directed and grew the Master of Science in Quality Assurance program and taught statistics, statistical quality control, linear regression, and design of experiments in the graduate program. Before her career in academics, Dr. McShane-Vaughn worked for 15 years as a quality engineer and statistician in the automotive, medical device, consumer product testing, and revenue management industries. Dr. McShane-Vaughn served as the Six Sigma Black Belt exam chair for the American Society for Quality (ASQ) from 2010–2012, is a member of the Quality Engineer exam subcommittee, and currently serves on the editorial review board for ASQ’s Six Sigma Forum. She is coauthor of The Certified Quality Inspector Handbook and author of The Probability Handbook and Lean Six Sigma Leadership. Dr. McShane-Vaughn is a senior member of ASQ and a member of the American Statistical Association, where she serves on the Quality Assurance Committee of Statistics without Borders. She holds ASQ certifications as a Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Engineer, and Reliability Engineer.