1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457487303321

Autore

Harlan Louis R

Titolo

Booker T. Washington in perspective [[electronic resource] ] : essays of Louis R. Harlan / / edited by Raymond W. Smock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c1988

ISBN

1-283-45506-4

9786613455062

1-60473-598-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmockRaymond

Disciplina

378/.111

B

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights

African Americans

Educators - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Booker T. Washington in Biographical Perspective; Booker T. Washington's West Virginia Boyhood; Booker T. Washington and the Kanawha Valley, 1875-1879; Booker T. Washington and the White Man's Burden; Booker T. Washington and the National Negro Business League; The Secret Life of Booker T. Washington; Booker T. Washington and the Voice of the Negro, 1904-1907; Booker T. Washington's Discovery of Jews; Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Accommodation; The Booker T. Washington Papers; Sympathy and Detachment: Dilemmas of a Biographer

Booker T. Washington: The Labyrinth and the ThreadIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book, an important companion volume to Louis R. Harlan's prize-winning biography of Booker T. Washington, makes available for the first time in one collection Harlan's essays on the life and career of the celebrated black leader.Written over a span of a quarter of a century, they present a remarkably rich and complex look at Washington, the



educator and leading precursor of the Civil Rights Movement who rose from slavery to be the dominant force in black America at the opening of the twentieth century.Harlan's mastery of biography is revealed in essays printed here exploring the nature of

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974927303321

Autore

Morrison S. J

Titolo

Introduction to engineering statistics / / S.J. Morrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2009

ISBN

9786612690396

9781282690394

1282690396

9780470746431

0470746432

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

501.19

620.0072/7

Disciplina

620.0072/7

Soggetti

Engineering mathematics

Engineering - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Statistics for Engineers an Introduction; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Nature of Variability; 2 Basic Statistical Methods; 2.1 Variance; 2.2 Divisor 'n' or 'n1'?; 2.3 Covariance and Correlation; 2.4 Normal Distribution; 2.5 Cumulative Frequency Distributions; 2.6 Binomial Distribution; 2.7 Poisson Distribution; 2.8 Chi-squared Distribution; Bibliography; 3 Production; 3.1 Sampling Inspection; 3.2 Control Charts; 3.3 Cusum Charts; 3.4 Significance Tests; 3.5 Analysis of Variance; 3.6 Linear Regression; Bibliography; 4 Engineering Design

4.1 Variance Synthesis4.2 Factors of Safety; 4.3 Tolerances; 4.4 The Future; Bibliography; 5 Research and Development; 5.1 Design of Experiments; 5.2 Evolutionary Operation; 5.3 Multiple Regression; 5.4



More Statistical Methods; Bibliography; 6 Background; 6.1 Measurement; 6.2 Statistical Computing; Bibliography; 7 Quality Management; 7.1 Quality Planning; 7.2 Quality Organisation; 7.3 Directing the Quality Function; 7.4 Controlling the Quality Function; 7.5 Statistical Engineering; Bibliography; 8 Conclusion; Appendix A: Guidelines; Appendix B: Recommended Books; Appendix C: Periodicals

Appendix D: Supplementary BibliographyAppendix E: Statistical Tables; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This practical text is an essential source of information for those wanting to know how to deal with the variability that exists in every engineering situation.   Using typical engineering data, it presents the basic statistical methods that are relevant, in simple numerical terms. In addition, statistical terminology is translated into basic English. In the past, a lack of communication between engineers and statisticians, coupled with poor practical skills in quality management and statistical engineering, was damaging to products and to the economy. The disastrous consequence of setting t