ATTRIBUTE GAGE

R&R
An Overview
Definition
• An attribute gage study is a study that examines the bias and
repeatability of an attribute measurement system.
• Applicable for Go/No gage.
 Definitions:
Kappa Value: Cohen's kappa coefficient is a statistic that is used to measure inter-rater reliability for
qualitative items. It is generally thought to be a more robust measure than simple percent agreement
calculation, as κ takes into account the possibility of the agreement occurring by chance.

• Kappa ranges from -1 to 1.

• A general rule of thumb is that values of kappa greater than 0.75 indicate good to excellent agreement
(with a maximum kappa = 1)
• Values les than 0.40 indicate poor agreement."
• Effectiveness: The ability to accurately detect conforming and
nonconforming parts. This is calculated from 0 to 1,where 1 is perfect.
• Miss Rate: This refers to a situation when decision is ok for rejection
part.
• Fales Alarm Rate: This refers to a situation when decision is rejected
for ok part.
Acceptance Guideline
Effectiveness Miss Rate False Alarm Rate
Decision

Acceptable for the

> 90% < 2% < 5%
appraiser

Marginally acceptable
80% to 90% 2% to 5% 5%to 10%
for the appraiser

Unacceptable for the

< 80% > 5% > 10%
appraiser
Procedure
• Select the GO/No Gage whose Attribute R&R have to be studied.
• Select at least 30 samples whose values are measured with the
variable gage.
• If the value is in specification limit, then the sample is termed as
“OK”. Otherwise it is “NOK”.
• Select at least 2 appraiser & each part have to be measured 3
times.
• Measurement system should be randomize to avoid bias.
Examples
Effectivenes Miss
Appraiser kappa Value (Appraiser VS Expert) False Alarm Rate
s Rate
Moinul 0.92 96.7 7.4 1.6
Arif 0.89 95.5 11.1 1.6
Rozob 0.95 97.8 3.7 1.6
Total System   96.7 7.4 1.6

Kappa Values (Within Appraiser)

  Moinul Arif Rozob
Moinul   0.86 0.87
Arif 0.86   0.84
Rozob 0.87 0.84  
Comment:
1. Effectiveness & miss rates are looked satisfactory result.
2. Rozob scored a false alarm rate of 7.4 & Arif scored 11.1 which is
not accepted.
3. Environment false alarm rate score is 7.4, which is marginally
accepted.
4. A training is required especially for Moinul & Arif.
Assessment Agreement Date of study:
Reported by:
Name of product: 1.Shows the corelation of the
Misc:
appriser.
2. As sample size is low,
Within Appraisers Appraiser vs Standard confidence interval is used
100 95.0% CI 100 95.0% CI
Percent Percent

95 95

• Indicates the actual

90 90
performance of the appraiser.
• Moinul agreed 90%, Arif
Percent

Percent
85 85
agreed 83% and Rozob agreed
80 80 93% to the expert opinion.
• Another training session will
75 75 be better specially for Arif.

70 70

Moinul Arif Rozob Moinul Arif Rozob

Appraiser Appraiser