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The design of an experiment is only one part of getting a test to work. Burke and Thorsen recount technical and interpersonal lessons from laboratory testing of a fast jet life support system, connecting scientific test and analysis techniques with the realities of planning, data management, communication, and teamwork. Their lessons include questioning standards, matching analysis to the data, and finding a champion within the test organization. The chapter is a case-based account rather than a primer on experimental design. Readers can use it to examine how an analytically sound plan depends on shared understanding and decisions made before the first observation is collected.
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Sarah Burke; Steven Thorsen. (2024). Lessons Learned from Military Fast Jet Life Support System Test Planning. In Natalie M. Scala & James P. Howard, II (Eds.), Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research (2nd ed., pp. 524–548). Chapman & Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003396307-23
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