| The
Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) and International SEMATECH (ISMT), a
consortium of worldwide semiconductor companies, announced
today that the NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical
Methods—which provides modern statistical techniques
and updated case studies for persons who want to use statistical
tools without becoming statisticians themselves—is now
available for free on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM complements the NIST/ISMT
Web-based guide that came out in July 2002.
The new
CD version allows people who use the guide—engineers,
scientists, businesses, researchers and teachers working with
statistical techniques—to do so on their own computers
without having to access the Web site. The 2002 e-Handbook
was developed to expand and update Handbook 91, Experimental
Statistics, originally published by NIST in 1963. Engineers,
scientists and others worldwide have relied on the printed
version of this handbook for decades.
The e-Handbook
Web version is available at www.nist.gov/stat.handbook.
The new CD version is available by sending a request to handbook@nist.gov.
Those who ask for a copy must remember to include their geographic
address (not just an e-mail address).
The new
CD version includes many files in a printer-friendly format.
The e-Handbook provides a comprehensive overview
of statistical methods, including experiment design, data
analysis and quality control. It is tailored to the needs
of scientists and engineers for rapid understanding and quick
solution of statistical problems so they can get back to their
primary work. The approach is problem-oriented and includes
detailed case studies from the semiconductor industry and
from NIST laboratories to illustrate statistical approaches
to solving engineering and scientific problems.
Because
the work is now available on the Web and on CD, there will
not be a hardcover edition. The e-Handbook is interactive,
with computer graphics and easy search capability for rapid
information exploration.
ISMT
is a global semiconductor technology development consortium
that has effectively represented the semiconductor manufacturing
industry on innovation issues since 1988; its members are
Agere Systems, AMD, Hewlett-Packard, Hynix, IBM, Infineon,
Intel, Motorola, Philips, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments
and TSMC. ISMT conducts state-of-the-art research and is a
highly regarded technology partner whose mission is to promote
the interests common to all chipmakers. It has extensive experience
collaborating with equipment and materials suppliers, as well
as government and academic research centers, to refine the
tools and technology necessary to produce future generations
of chips. Additional information may be found at www.sematech.org.
As a
non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s
Technology Administration, NIST develops and promotes measurements,
standards and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate
trade and improve the quality of life. For more information
on NIST, visit www.nist.gov.
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