Using 2 Proportions Test with SigmaXL

Using 2 Proportions Test with SigmaXL A 2 Proportions Test is a statistical procedure used to validate if two independent groups have significant differences in their proportions. We can use this test to compare, for example, if the proportion of one group is...

Using Histograms & Descriptive Statistics to Investigate Process Data

Using Histograms & Descriptive Statistics to Investigate Process Data A simple summary of descriptive statistics is often the first step in investigating what the data have to say about the process being studied during process improvement initiatives. Questions...

Hypothesis Testing: Looking for Statistical Significance

Hypothesis Testing: Looking for Statistical Significance Hypothesis Testing is a statistical procedure that looks into proving (or not) a constructed hypothesis. Also known as Significance Tests, they are powerful in investigating and validating changes in central...

Using Boxplots for Data Visualization & Process Insights

Using Boxplots for Data Visualization and Process Insights What Are Boxplots Through the visual representation of a dataset, boxplots are very informative and very useful when comparing distributions between two or more processes. Essentially, boxplots summarize the...

Baselining a Project

Baselining a Project Nearly almost all Lean Six Sigma projects that experience a successful outcome are based on an understandable, quantifiable, agreed-upon, data-collectable baseline. Lewis Carroll gave us the heads-up in Alice in Wonderland and George Harrison, the...