Introduction and objectives -- Linear and nonlinear properties (!) of straight lines -- Trendsetting with some simple moving measures -- Simple and multiple linear regression -- Linear transformation: making bent lines straight -- Transforming nonlinear regression -- Least squares nonlinear...

Introduction and objectives -- Measure of central tendency: means, modes, medians -- Measures of dispersion and shape -- Probability distributions -- Measure of linearity, dependence and correlation -- Tails of the unexpected (1): hypothesis testing -- Tails of the unexpected (2): Outing the...

The Australian chemical industry is facing a testing period as it adjusts to the challenges of the new global era. This paper briefly traces the evolution of the industry through an extended period behind protective tariff barriers to the situation today, as it confronts the new competitive...

Introduction and objectives -- Methods, approaches, techniques and related terms -- Estimate TRACEability and health checks -- Primary and secondary drivers; accuracy and precision -- Factors, rates, ratios amd estimating by analogy -- Data normalisation-levelling the playing field --...