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The SHEWHART Procedure |
The following notation is used in this section:
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process mean (expected value of the population of measurements) |
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process standard deviation (standard deviation of the population of measurements) |
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the |
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mean of the individual measurements, computed as |
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number of consecutive measurements used to calculate the moving ranges (by default, |
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moving range computed for the
This formula assumes that |
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average of the nonmissing moving ranges, computed as
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expected value of the range of |
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standard error of the range of |
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Each point on an individual measurements chart, indicates the value of a measurement ().
Each point on a moving range chart indicates the value of a moving range (). With
, for example, if the first three measurements are 3.4, 3.7, and 3.6, the first moving range is missing, the second moving range is
, and the third moving range is
.
By default, the central line on an individual measurements chart indicates an estimate for , which is computed as
. If you specify a known value (
) for
, the central line indicates the value of
.
The central line on a moving range chart indicates an estimate for the expected moving range, computed as where
. If you specify a known value (
) for
, the central line indicates the value of
.
You can compute the limits
as a specified multiple () of the standard errors of
and
above and below the central line. The default limits are computed with
(these are referred to as
limits).
as probability limits defined in terms of , a specified probability that
or
exceeds the limits
The following table provides the formulas for the limits:
Control Limits |
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Individual Measurements Chart |
LCL |
UCL |
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Moving Range Chart |
LCL |
UCL |
Probability Limits |
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Individual Measurements Chart |
LCL |
UCL |
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Moving Range Chart |
LCL |
UCL |
The formulas assume that the measurements are normally distributed. Note that the probability limits for the moving range are asymmetric about the central line. If standard values and
are available for
and
, replace
with
and
with
in Table 13.20.
You can specify parameters for the limits as follows:
Specify with the SIGMAS= option or with the variable _SIGMAS_ in a LIMITS= data set.
Specify with the ALPHA= option or with the variable _ALPHA_ in a LIMITS= data set.
Specify with the LIMITN= option or with the variable _LIMITN_ in a LIMITS= data set.
Specify with the MU0= option or with the variable _MEAN_ in the LIMITS= data set.
Specify with the SIGMA0= option or with the variable _STDDEV_ in the LIMITS= data set.
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