Appendix 4

Tests for Evidence of Special Causes on Minitab control charts

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The default set of tests provided in Minitab is illustrated for the case of an individuals or X chart of a variable with mean 60 and standard deviation 2. Note that, in each case, a pattern of points that is the mirror image in the centre line of that displayed would provide a second example of a signal from the corresponding test.

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