Summary of Control Chart Types

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Publication date: 06/21/2023

Summary of Control Chart Types

The most common control charts are available in Control Chart Builder and in the platforms in the Analyze > Quality and Process > Control Chart menu. Use Control Chart Builder as your first choice to easily and quickly generate charts. JMP automatically chooses the appropriate chart type based on the data. Table 3.3 through Table 3.7 summarize the different control chart types.

Table 3.3 Variable Charts Without Grouping (X) Variable or Nonsummarized Data
Chart Types	Control Chart Builder Options
Chart Types	Points > Statistic	Limits > Sigma
Individual	Individual	Moving Range
Moving Range on Individual	Moving Range	Moving Range
Individual (limits computed on median moving range)	Individual	Median Moving Range
Median Moving Range on Individual	Moving Range	Median Moving Range
Run Chart	Individual	Moving Range
Levey Jennings	Individual	Levey Jennings

Table 3.4 Variable Charts with Grouping (X) Variables or Summarized Data
Chart Types	Control Chart Builder Options
Chart Types	Points > Statistic	Limits > Sigma
XBar (limits computed on range)	Average	Range
XBar (limits computed on standard deviation)	Average	Standard Deviation
R	Range	Range
S	Standard Deviation	Standard Deviation
Levey Jennings	Average	Levey Jennings or overall Standard Deviation

Table 3.5 Presummarize Charts
Chart Types	Control Chart Builder Options
Chart Types	Points > Statistic	Limits > Sigma
Individual on Group Means	Average	Moving Range
Individual on Group Means (limits computed on median moving range)	Average	Median Moving Range
Individual on Group Std Devs	Standard Deviation	Moving Range
Individual on Group Std Devs (limits computed on median moving range)	Standard Deviation	Median Moving Range
Moving Range on Group Means	Moving Range on Means	Moving Range
Median Moving Range on Group Means	Moving Range on Mean	Median Moving Range
Moving Range on Group Std Devs	Moving Range on Std Dev	Moving Range
Median Moving Range on Group Std Devs	Moving Range on Std Dev	Median Moving Range

Table 3.6 Attribute Charts
Chart Types	Control Chart Builder Options
Chart Types	Points > Statistic	Limits > Sigma
P chart	Proportion	Binomial
NP chart	Count	Binomial
C chart	Count	Poisson
U chart	Proportion	Poisson
Laney P′ chart	Proportion	Binomial adjusted by a moving range sigma value
Laney U′ chart	Proportion	Poisson adjusted by a moving range sigma value

Table 3.7 Rare Event Charts
Chart Types	Control Chart Builder Options
Chart Types	Points > Statistic	Limits > Sigma
G chart	Count	Negative Binomial
T chart	Count	Weibull

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