PROC SHEWHART: Output Data Sets

The SHEWHART Procedure

Output Data Sets

OUTLIMITS= Data Set

The OUTLIMITS= data set saves control limits and control limit parameters. The following variables are saved.

Table 13.72 OUTLIMITS= Data Set
Variable	Description
_ALPHA_	probability ( $\text{[math]}$ ) of exceeding limits
_CP_	capability index $\text{[math]}$
_CPK_	capability index $\text{[math]}$
_CPL_	capability index $\text{[math]}$
_CPM_	capability index $\text{[math]}$
_CPU_	capability index $\text{[math]}$
_INDEX_	optional identifier for the control limits specified with the OUTINDEX= option
_LCLR_	lower control limit for subgroup range
_LCLX_	lower control limit for subgroup mean
_LIMITN_	nominal sample size associated with the control limits
_LSL_	lower specification limit
_MEAN_	process mean ( $\text{[math]}$ or $\text{[math]}$ )
_R_	value of central line on $\text{[math]}$ chart
_SIGMAS_	multiple ( $\text{[math]}$ ) of standard error of $\text{[math]}$ or $\text{[math]}$
_STDDEV_	process standard deviation ( $\text{[math]}$ or $\text{[math]}$ )
_SUBGRP_	subgroup-variable specified in the XRCHART statement
_TARGET_	target value
_TYPE_	type (estimate or standard value) of _MEAN_ and _STDDEV_
_UCLR_	upper control limit for subgroup range
_UCLX_	upper control limit for subgroup mean
_USL_	upper specification limit
_VAR_	process specified in the XRCHART statement

Notes:

If the control limits vary with subgroup sample size, the special missing value V is assigned to the variables _LIMITN_, _LCLX_, _UCLX_, _LCLR_, _R_, and _UCLR_.
If the limits are defined in terms of a multiple $\text{[math]}$ of the standard errors of $\text{[math]}$ and $\text{[math]}$ , the value of _ALPHA_ is computed as $\text{[math]}$ , where $\text{[math]}$ is the standard normal distribution function.
If the limits are probability limits, the value of _SIGMAS_ is computed as $\text{[math]}$ , where $\text{[math]}$ is the inverse standard normal distribution function.
The variables _CP_, _CPK_, _CPL_, _CPU_, _LSL_, and _USL_ are included only if you provide specification limits with the LSL= and USL= options. The variables _CPM_ and _TARGET_ are included if, in addition, you provide a target value with the TARGET= option. See Capability Indices for computational details.
Optional BY variables are saved in the OUTLIMITS= data set.

The OUTLIMITS= data set contains one observation for each process specified in the XRCHART statement. For an example, see Saving Control Limits.

OUTHISTORY= Data Set

The OUTHISTORY= data set saves subgroup summary statistics. The following variables are saved:

the subgroup-variable
a subgroup mean variable named by process suffixed with X
a subgroup range variable named by process suffixed with R
a subgroup sample size variable named by process suffixed with N

Given a process name containing 32 characters, the procedure first shortens the name to its first 16 characters and its last 15 characters, and then it adds the suffix.

Variables containing subgroup means, ranges, and sample sizes are created for each process specified in the XRCHART statement. For example, consider the following statements:

proc shewhart data=Steel;
   xrchart (Width Diameter)*Lot / outhistory=Summary;
run;

The data set Summary contains variables named Lot, WidthX, WidthR, WidthN, DiameterX, DiameterR, and DiameterN.

Additionally, the following variables, if specified, are included:

BY variables
block-variables
symbol-variable
ID variables
_PHASE_ (if the OUTPHASE= option is specified)

For an example of an OUTHISTORY= data set, see Saving Summary Statistics.

OUTTABLE= Data Set

The OUTTABLE= data set saves subgroup summary statistics, control limits, and related information. The following variables are saved:

Variable	Description
_ALPHA_	probability ( $\text{[math]}$ ) of exceeding control limits
_EXLIM_	control limit exceeded on $\text{[math]}$ chart
_EXLIMR_	control limit exceeded on $\text{[math]}$ chart
_LCLR_	lower control limit for range
_LCLX_	lower control limit for mean
_LIMITN_	nominal sample size associated with the control limits
_MEAN_	process mean
_R_	average range
_SIGMAS_	multiple (k) of the standard error associated with control limits
subgroup	values of the subgroup variable
_SUBN_	subgroup sample size
_SUBR_	subgroup range
_SUBX_	subgroup mean
_TESTS_	tests for special causes signaled on $\text{[math]}$ chart
_TESTS2_	tests for special causes signaled on $\text{[math]}$ chart
_UCLR_	upper control limit for range
_UCLX_	upper control limit for mean
_VAR_	process specified in the XRCHART statement

In addition, the following variables, if specified, are included:

BY variables
block-variables
symbol-variable
ID variables
_PHASE_ (if the READPHASES= option is specified)

Notes:

Either the variable _ALPHA_ or the variable _SIGMAS_ is saved, depending on how the control limits are defined (with the ALPHA= or SIGMAS= options, respectively, or with the corresponding variables in a LIMITS= data set).
The variable _TESTS_ is saved if you specify the TESTS= option. The $\text{[math]}$ th character of a value of _TESTS_ is $\text{[math]}$ if Test $\text{[math]}$ is positive at that subgroup. For example, if you request all eight tests and Tests 2 and 8 are positive for a given subgroup, the value of _TESTS_ has a 2 for the second character, an 8 for the eighth character, and blanks for the other six characters.
The variable _TESTS2_ is saved if you specify the TESTS2= option.
The variables _EXLIM_, _EXLIMR_, _TESTS_, and _TESTS2_ are character variables of length 8. The variable _PHASE_ is a character variable of length 48. The variable _VAR_ is a character variable whose length is no greater than 32. All other variables are numeric.

For an example, see Saving Control Limits.

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