The value of the center line for each subgroup, , is calculated as follows:
Term | Description |
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ni | number of observations in subgroup i |
d2(·) | value of unbiasing constant d2 that corresponds to the value specified in parentheses. |
σ | process standard deviation |
Each plotted point, ri, represents the range for subgroup i.
The value of the lower control limit for each subgroup is equal to the greater of the following:
or
The value of the upper control limit for each subgroup is calculated as follows:
Term | Description |
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d2(·) | value of unbiasing constant d2 that corresponds to the value specified in parentheses. |
ni | number of observations in subgroup i |
σ | process standard deviation |
k | parameter for Test 1 (The default is 3.) |
d3(·) | value of unbiasing constant d3 that corresponds to the value specified in parentheses. |