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Histograms: Steven S Prevette

This document discusses histograms and their relationship to statistical process control (SPC). It provides an example histogram and explains that histograms can be used to categorize quantitative data and display data distribution. Histograms should only use data from periods identified as trends on control charts in order to find the causes of those trends and guide appropriate corrective or reinforcing actions. The document cautions that histograms alone may not reveal issues like changes over time and warns the reader to fully understand trends on control charts before making histograms.

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Histograms: Steven S Prevette

This document discusses histograms and their relationship to statistical process control (SPC). It provides an example histogram and explains that histograms can be used to categorize quantitative data and display data distribution. Histograms should only use data from periods identified as trends on control charts in order to find the causes of those trends and guide appropriate corrective or reinforcing actions. The document cautions that histograms alone may not reveal issues like changes over time and warns the reader to fully understand trends on control charts before making histograms.

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Histograms

Steven S Prevette
Senior Statistician
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC

SPC Trending Primer/ Two Day Training


http://www.efcog.org/wg/esh_es/Statistical_Process_Control/index.htm
Exercise Description

• Once you have identified a time period of


interest on a control chart, you may want to
determine characteristics of the data
• A Histogram allows you to categorize
quantitative data
• Can be used to display the data distribution

http://www.efcog.org/wg/esh_es/Statistical_Process_Control/docs/Histograms.pdf
Example Histogram

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Histogram and SPC Relationship

Trend Exists on
Control Data Points Used Purpose
Chart?
Find Common Cause(s)
Use all data in the statistically
No to apply to process
stable time period
improvement

Use only the data for the Find Special Cause(s) for
point(s) which have been basis of corrective
identified as within the actions for declining
Yes
significant trend, such as trends or reinforcing
a point outside the control actions for improving
limits trends

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Histogram Exercise

• Let us make a histogram of the height of people in this


room
• Open file Histogram Generator.xls
• We will go around the room, everyone please state
their height in inches, and we will enter the data in
column A
• Then follow instructions on the Excel spreadsheet

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Warning

• Be sure to understand the control chart’s trending


versus time before making Histograms or Pareto
Charts
• It is Rocket Science – Rocketdyne was perplexed that
holes drilled in a rocket part showed a good “Normal”
(bell shaped) distribution, but holes were still going out
of specification. What the histogram did not show was
that the holes were getting smaller with time due to tool
wear.

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