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Alan J Poots1, Thomas Woodcock

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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Process Control (SPC)
  • Data Analysis
  • Quality Management

Background:

  • The XmR chart is a standard tool in SPC for detecting variations in quality measures.
  • It utilizes the average moving range to assess data dispersion, suitable for time-series data.
  • However, its applicability to data lacking inherent order is debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the appropriateness of XmR charts for data without inherent ordering.
  • To derive methods for calculating control limits for such data.
  • To quantitatively demonstrate the impact of data ordering on XmR chart analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Derivation of maxima and minima for the average moving range in unordered data.
  • Development of a method to calculate these extrema for any dataset.
  • Permutation of a real-world dataset to assess control limit sensitivity.

Main Results:

  • Permuting data order resulted in a 109% absolute difference in control limit width for a real-world dataset.
  • This demonstrates a significant, quantitative impact of data ordering on XmR chart analysis.
  • The variability in control limits highlights the instability of the method for unordered data.

Conclusions:

  • XmR chart analysis is problematic and potentially unacceptable for data lacking inherent order.
  • For unordered data, established outlier analysis methods are recommended.
  • Consistent reporting of control chart types and variation measures in SPC is crucial.