
| Term | Description | 
|---|---|
| USL | Upper specification limit | 
| LSL | Lower specification limit | 
| Toler | Multiplier of the sigma tolerance (Minitab uses 6 as the default value) | 
|  | Between/within standard deviation | 

The expected number of parts per million that are outside of the specification limits, based on the variation between/within subgroups, is


| Term | Description | 
|---|---|
| PPM | Parts per million | 
| LSL | Lower specification limit | 
| USL | Upper specification limit | 
| Φ (X) | Cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a standard normal distribution | 
|  | Average of the observations | 
| s | Between/within subgroup standard deviation | 
Benchmark Z statistics for between/within capability are calculated by finding the Z value using the standard normal (0,1) distribution for the corresponding statistics.



where:


| Term | Description | 
|---|---|
| LSL | Lower specification limit | 
| USL | Upper specification limit | 
| Φ (X) | Cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a standard normal distribution | 
| Φ-1 (X) | Inverse CDF of a standard normal distribution | 
|  | Between/within standard deviation |