The process data section of the capability analysis graph consists of
the following:
· Upper
and lower specification limits (USL
and LSL)
- the limits you specified.
· Target
- the target value you specified. Mean - the mean of all measurements, which is where the
process is centered.
· Sample
N - the total number of observations in your data.
· Overall standard deviation
- a measure of the variation of all the measurements.
· Between standard deviation
- a measure of the variation between subgroups.
· Within standard deviation
- a measure of the variation within subgroups.
· B/W standard deviation
- a measure of the between/within standard deviation,
calculated by combining the between- and within-subgroup variation.
Example Output |

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Interpretation |

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For the coating data:
· Upper
and lower specification limits (USL
and LSL)
- LSL is 47 and
the USL is 53.
· Target
- The target is 50.
· Mean - The mean is 49.8829. Note that the mean is very close to the
target of 50.0, which implies that the process is centered on target.
· Sample
N - 75 coatings were
measured.
· Overall standard deviation
- The overall standard deviation is 0.838488.
· Between standard deviation
- The between standard deviation is 0.685488.
· Within standard deviation
- The within standard deviation is 0.40608.
· B/W standard deviation
- The b/w standard deviation is 0.79674.