Professional Documents
Culture Documents
No
Start
Measure
Counts or
Values?
Is Data
Periodically
Collected?
Values
Organize into
Rational Subgroups
XbarR or
XbarS
Organize Data in
a Rational Manner
XmR
Yes
Counts
Yes
Is n > 1000?
Are n
Distinct Items
Classified as
Good or
Bad?
Yes
No
No
Is Probability
of Failure
Constant in all
Samples?
Are Events
or Items
Counted?
No
Yes
Events
nP
Yes
Items
No
Is
Likelihood of
Event Proportional
to Area of
Opportunity?
Is the
Area of
Opportunity
Constant in All
Samples?
Yes
Is n
Constant in All
Samples?
Is the
Area of
Opportunity
Constant in All
Samples?
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Convert Counts
To Rates
Organize Data in
a Rational Manner
Jon Peltier, after Donald Wheeler
XmR