1 Portions of MINITAB Statistical Software input and output contained in this book are printed with permission of Minitab Inc.

2 Portions of MINITAB Statistical Software input and output contained in this book are printed with permission of Minitab Inc.

3 Note: Although capability indices (Cpk, etc.) are equivalent to Z-scores, we will not discuss process capability indices here. For more information on relating Z statistics to these indices, see The Six Sigma Handbook, Chapter 13.

4 Six Sigma Handbook, Chapter 12.

5 Calculate sigma using rational subgroups from a stable process.

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