Statistics for textiles and apparel management / J. Hayavadana.

Contents
1. Introduction to statistics in textiles
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Salient features of statistics
1.3 Functions of statistics
1.4 Applications of statistical tools in various processing storage of textile production
1.5 Scope of statistical techniques in textile production
etc.

2. Treatment of data and construction of frequency distribution
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Statistical series
2.3 Classification and tabulation
2.4 Methods of collecting primary data
2.5 Methods of collecting secondary data
etc.

3. Measures of central frequency
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Objectives of averaging
3.3 Calculation of simple arithmetic mean - individual observations - case
3.4 Calculation of mean
3.5 Mathematical property of median
etc.

4. Measures of dispersion
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The measure of the variation of the items
4.3 Significance of the measuring dispersion/variation
4.4 Range and its importance
4.5 Quartile deviation

5. Theoretical distributions
5.1 Normal distribution
5.2 Patterns of variation
5.3 Tchebycheff's inequality
5.4 Normal approximation to binomial distribution
5.5 The binomial distribution
etc.

6. Correlation
6.1 partial and multiple correlations
6.2 Partial correlation
6.3 How to find partial correlation coefficients
6.4 Method to calculate multiple correlation coefficients
6.5 Regression equations and regression coefficients

7. Linear regression
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Regression equations and coefficients
7.3 Standard error of estimate
7.4 Ratio of variation
7.5 Galton graph and regression line
etc.

8. Time series
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Utility of time series
8.3 Components of time series
8.4 Measurement of trend
8.5 Methods of least square
etc.

9. Control charts
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Basic control limits
9.3 Causes of variation in quality
9.4 Nature of a control chart
9.5 Interpretation of control charts
etc.

10. Tests of significance
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Z-test of significance of coefficient of correlation
10.3 Test of significance of difference between two coefficients of correlation
10.4 Testing difference between means of two samples
etc.

11. Analysis of variance
11.1 Introduction
11.2 variance ratio
11.3 Calculation of variance ratio or F
11.4 Interpretation of F
11.5 Other designs - three way classification - Latin square

Index : p. 354-356