Stat-Ease Inc. announces the release of Design-East 6.0 software for design of experiments (DOE). This entry-level statistical software package makes it possible for beginning experimenters to improve their product or process through the use of experimental design tools. By revealing the vital factors in processes and the interactions between them, Design-East software helps users achieve breakthroughs that often lead to savings in the millions of dollars, as well as improvements in quality and productivity.
As a dedicated DOE software package, Design-East offers features for ease of use and functionality that aren’t available in general statistical packages. It presents a intuitive interface, a greatly expanded help system, a wide variety of designs, the flexibility to modify designs, graphics to simplify interpretation, and useful evaluation capabilities such as annotated ANOVA reports. The software comes with a detailed user guide that includes many easy-to-follow tutorials.
Design-Ease software features standard two-level and fractional factorials, general (multilevel) factorials (new), high-resolution irregular fractions, Taguchi orthogonal arrays (new), and Plackett-Burman designs. It reveals significant effects at a glance with half-normal or normal probability plots. The program displays a complete array of diagnostic graphs to check statistical assumptions and detect possible outliers in the data. The new Box-Cox diagnostic plot offers advise on the best response transformation.
Design-Ease 6.0 software retails for $495.00. A free trial version can be downloaded at the www.statease.com. Network licenses are available. More advanced experimenters interested in response surface methodology and mixture/process designs should try Design-Expert 6 software, also available for trial download at www.statease.com. Stat-Ease supports software users with free technical support, and statistical help.
