3. Summarizing Data

  1. Chang W. Kang1,
  2. Paul H. Kvam2

Published Online: 29 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118491751.ch3

Book Title

Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality

Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality

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How to Cite

Kang, C. W. and Kvam, P. H. (2011) Summarizing Data, in Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9781118491751.ch3

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea

  2. 2

    School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 29 AUG 2012
  2. Published Print: 8 APR 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470889497

Online ISBN: 9781118491751

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Keywords:

  • data summarization;
  • variability;
  • statistical distributions;
  • simple histogram;
  • sample median

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Central Tendency

  • Variability

  • Statistical Distributions

  • Distributions in eZ SPC

  • What Did We Learn?

  • Test Your Knowledge

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