3 results for “Michael R. Summers”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesClay Vs. Grass: A Statistical Comparison of the French Open and WimbledonMichael R. SummersProblem statement: While most professional tennis tournaments today are played on hard courts, there is a short clay court season culminating in the French Open and an even shorter grass court season culminating in Wimbledon, where specialists on those surfaces have their chance to shine. Conventional thinking has it that these two surfaces play so differently that it is difficult … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 14 Jun 2011 · 8,204 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesClayboy Pottery Company: A Case Study in Quality Management in a Job Shop Operations SystemMichael R. SummersBackground: This case study is designed for upper-level undergraduate students in a basic operations management course. Prerequisites would include statistics and computer science. Objective: The purpose of the case is to give the students an opportunity to apply statistical quality control techniques. The case presents an interesting problem in a real setting and students will be forced to consider realistic … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,202 accessesView PDF Cite