The Development of an Interface for Design and Analysis of Experiments
Robert N. Rodriguez
SAS Institute Inc.
Cary, North Carolina
ABSTRACT
This talk will describe the development of a point-and-click interface for
design and analysis of experiments that is intended for quality engineers,
researchers, and other users with limited statistical backgrounds. Support
is provided for construction of two-level designs, response surface designs,
designs for Taguchi applications, mixture designs, and optimal designs.
The goals of this project are to provide the user with a desktop for
organizing designs; guidance through the steps of design, modeling, and
optimization; interactive graphics; and intranet support. Development
issues that will be discussed include the implementation of algorithms for
design construction and analysis, the design of graphical displays, and the
application of feedback from usability studies.
Robert N. Rodriguez is the manager of the Statistical Quality Improvement
and Linear Models R&D groups at SAS Institute. He received his Ph.D. in
1977 from the Department of Statistics at the University of North Carolina.
Prior to joining SAS Institute in 1983, he was a senior research scientist
at General Motors Research Laboratories. He is an adjunct professor of
statistics at UNC and serves on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal
of Quality Technology.