In this article, Stephen Jay Gould discusses the interpretation of the median and the shape of the distribution of lifetimes of people with mesothelioma, which he was diagnosed with. It also has links to related articles.
This chapter of the NIST Engineering Statistics handbook describes Exploratory Data Analysis with an introduction, a discussion of the assumptions, a description of the techniques used, and a set of case studies.
This chapter of the NIST Engineering Statistics handbook describes the measurement process characterization with discussions of control, calibration, gauge studies, and uncertainty analysis, and a set of case studies.
This chapter of the NIST Engineering Statistics handbook describes how to do a production process characterization study. It contains an introduction, discussion of the assumptions, information about data collection and analysis, and case studies.
This page, part of the NIST Engineering Statistics handbook, describes the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness of fit test. It contains a graph of the empirical distribution function with the cumulative distribution function, a definition of the test, the questions it answers, the assumptions that it makes, and links to other goodness of fits tests and a case study.
