ui is the number of nonconformities per unit in the
ith subgroup. In general,
ui =
ci/
ni.
ci is the total number of nonconformities in the
ith subgroup
ni is the number of inspection units in the
ith subgroup
u is the average number of nonconformities per unit taken across subgroups. The quantity
u is computed as a weighted average
N is the number of subgroups