Background The way that data are presented can influence quality and safety initiatives. Time-series charts highlight changes but do not clarify whether data lie outside expected variation.

To improve patient safety, surgeons can continually monitor the surgical outcomes of their patients. To this end, they can use statistical process control tools, which primarily originated in the ...

There are fewer rats in the park these days because Hartford is making sure they have fewer babies. “That park rocks all summer long, and there’s some rat populations that seem to increase depending ...

This example demonstrates how to show chart series (Point, Line, or Area) depending on the selection state of a custom radio button in the chart legend.

Our lives are becoming increasingly data driven. Our phones monitor our time and internet usage and online surveys discern our opinions and likes. These data harvests are used for telling us how well ...

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Abstract: It is frequently documented that concurrent shifts in the mean and dispersion of a process quality characteristic carry serious consequences to a manufacturing enterprise. It is, therefore, ...

Abstract: In Statistical Process Control (SPC), when dealing with a quality characteristic x that is a variable, it is usually necessary to monitor both the mean value and variability. By inspecting ...