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Quality and Process Methods > Control Chart Builder > Statistical Details for Control Chart Builder > Control Limits for XBar and R Charts
Publication date: 11/29/2021

Control Limits for XBar and R Charts

JMP generates control limits for XBar and R charts using the following formulas:

LCL for XBar chart = Equation shown here

UCL for XBar chart = Equation shown here

LCL for R chart = Equation shown here

UCL for R chart = Equation shown here

Center line for R chart: By default, the center line for the ith subgroup indicates an estimate of the expected value of Ri. This value is computed as Equation shown here, where Equation shown here is an estimate of σ.

The standard deviation for XBar and R charts is estimated using the following formula:

Equation shown here

where:

Equation shown here = weighted average of subgroup means

K = the sigma multiplier and is set to 3 by default

σ = process standard deviation

ni = sample size of ith subgroup

d2(n) is the expected value of the range of n independent normally distributed variables with unit standard deviation

d3(n) is the standard deviation of the range of n independent normally distributed variables with unit standard deviation

Ri is the range of ith subgroup

N is the number of subgroups for which ni ≥ 2.

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