P - chart - wikipedia P - chart p - chart Originally proposed by Walter A. Shewhart Process observations Rational subgroup size n > 1 Measurement type Fraction nonconforming in a sample Quality characteristic type Attributes data Underlying distribution Binomial distribution Performance Size of shift to detect ≥ 1.5 σ Process variation chart Not applicable Process mean chart Center line p  ̄ = ∑ i = 1 m ∑ j = 1 n ( 1 if x i j defective 0 otherwise m n ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) = ( \frac ( sum _ ( i = 1 ) ^ ( m ) sum _ ( j = 1 ) ^ ( n ) ( \begin ( cases ) 1& ( mbox ( if ) ) x_ ( ij ) ( mbox ( defective ) ) 0& ( mbox ( otherwise ) ) end ( cases ) ) ) ( mn ) ) ) Control limits p  ̄ ± 3 p  ̄ ( 1 − p  ̄ ) n ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) pm 3 ( sqrt ( \frac ( ( \bar ( p ) ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ) ( n ) ) ) ) Plotted statistic p  ̄ i = ∑ j = 1 n ( 1 if x i j defective 0 otherwise n ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) _ ( i ) = ( \frac ( sum _ ( j = 1 ) ^ ( n ) ( \begin ( cases ) 1& ( mbox ( if ) ) x_ ( ij ) ( mbox ( defective ) ) 0& ( mbox ( otherwise ) ) end ( cases ) ) ) ( n ) ) ) In statistical quality control, the p - chart is a type of control chart used to monitor the proportion of nonconforming units in a sample, where the sample proportion nonconforming is defined as the ratio of the number of nonconforming units to the sample size, n. The p - chart only accommodates `` pass '' / `` fail '' - type inspection as determined by one or more go - no go gauges or tests, effectively applying the specifications to the data before they are plotted on the chart. Other types of control charts display the magnitude of the quality characteristic under study, making troubleshooting possible directly from those charts. Contents 1 Assumptions 2 Calculation and plotting 3 Potential pitfalls 3.1 Adequate sample size 3.2 Varying sample sizes 3.3 Sensitivity of control limits 4 See also 5 References Assumptions The binomial distribution is the basis for the p - chart and requires the following assumptions : The probability of nonconformity p is the same for each unit ; Each unit is independent of its predecessors or successors ; The inspection procedure is same for each sample and is carried out consistently from sample to sample Calculation and plotting The control limits for this chart type are p  ̄ ± 3 p  ̄ ( 1 − p  ̄ ) n ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) pm 3 ( sqrt ( \frac ( ( \bar ( p ) ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ) ( n ) ) ) ) where p  ̄ ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) ) is the estimate of the long - term process mean established during control - chart setup. Naturally, if the lower control limit is less than or equal to zero, process observations only need be plotted against the upper control limit. Note that observations of proportion nonconforming below a positive lower control limit are cause for concern as they are more frequently evidence of improperly calibrated test and inspection equipment or inadequately trained inspectors than of sustained quality improvement. Some organizations may elect to provide a standard value for p, effectively making it a target value for the proportion nonconforming. This may be useful when simple process adjustments can consistently move the process mean, but in general, this makes it more challenging to judge whether a process is fully out of control or merely off - target ( but otherwise in control ). Potential pitfalls There are two circumstances that merit special attention : Ensuring enough observations are taken for each sample Accounting for differences in the number of observations from sample to sample Adequate sample size Sampling requires some careful consideration. If the organization elects to use 100 % inspection on a process, the production rate determines an appropriate sampling rate which in turn determines the sample size. If the organization elects to only inspect a fraction of units produced, the sample size should be chosen large enough so that the chance of finding at least one nonconforming unit in a sample is high -- otherwise the false alarm rate is too high. One technique is to fix sample size so that there is a 50 % chance of detecting a process shift of a given amount ( for example, from 1 % defective to 5 % defective ). If δ is the size of the shift to detect, then the sample size should be set to n ≥ ( 3 δ ) 2 p  ̄ ( 1 − p  ̄ ) ( displaystyle n geq left ( ( \frac ( 3 ) ( delta ) ) \right ) ^ ( 2 ) ( \bar ( p ) ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ). Another technique is to choose the sample size large enough so that the p - chart has a positive lower control limit or n > 3 2 ( 1 − p  ̄ ) p  ̄ ( displaystyle n > ( \frac ( 3 ^ ( 2 ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ) ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ). Varying sample sizes In the case of 100 % inspection, variation in the production rate ( e.g., due to maintenance or shift changes ) conspires to produce different sample sizes for each observation plotted on the p - chart. There are three ways to deal with this : Technique Description Use variable - width control limits Each observation plots against its own control limits : p  ̄ ± 3 p  ̄ ( 1 − p  ̄ ) n i ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) pm 3 ( sqrt ( \frac ( ( \bar ( p ) ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ) ( n_ ( i ) ) ) ) ), where n is the size of the sample that produced the ith observation on the p - chart Use control limits based on an average sample size Control limits are p  ̄ ± 3 p  ̄ ( 1 − p  ̄ ) n  ̄ ( displaystyle ( \bar ( p ) ) pm 3 ( sqrt ( \frac ( ( \bar ( p ) ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ) ( \bar ( n ) ) ) ) ), where n  ̄ ( displaystyle ( \bar ( n ) ) ) is the average size of all the samples on the p - chart, ∑ i = 1 m n i m ( displaystyle ( \frac ( sum _ ( i = 1 ) ^ ( m ) n_ ( i ) ) ( m ) ) ) Use a standardized control chart Control limits are ± 3 and the observations, p ^ i ( displaystyle ( hat ( p ) ) _ ( i ) ), are standardized using Z i = p ^ i − p  ̄ p  ̄ ( 1 − p  ̄ ) n i ( displaystyle Z_ ( i ) = ( \frac ( ( hat ( p ) ) _ ( i ) - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ( sqrt ( \frac ( ( \bar ( p ) ) ( 1 - ( \bar ( p ) ) ) ) ( n_ ( i ) ) ) ) ) ), where n is the size of the sample that produced the ith observation on the p - chart Sensitivity of control limits Some practitioners have pointed out that the p - chart is sensitive to the underlying assumptions, using control limits derived from the binomial distribution rather than from the observed sample variance. Due to this sensitivity to the underlying assumptions, p - charts are often implemented incorrectly, with control limits that are either too wide or too narrow, leading to incorrect decisions regarding process stability. A p - chart is a form of the Individuals chart ( also referred to as `` XmR '' or `` ImR '' ), and these practitioners recommend the individuals chart as a more robust alternative for count - based data. See also np - chart Individuals chart References Jump up ^ `` Proportions Control Charts ''. NIST / Sematech Engineering Statistics Handbook. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 2010 - 01 - 05. External link in work = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : Montgomery, Douglas ( 2005 ). Introduction to Statistical Quality Control. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978 - 0 - 471 - 65631 - 9. OCLC 56729567. Archived from the original on 2008 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ Wheeler, Donald. `` What about p - Charts ? ''. Quality Digest. Retrieved 17 July 2017. Jump up ^ Wheeler, Donald ( 2000 ). Understanding Variation : The Key to Managing Chaos. SPC Press. p. 140. ISBN 0 - 945320 - 53 - 1. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P-chart&oldid=829458628 '' Categories : Quality control tools Statistical charts and diagrams Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Edit links This page was last edited on 8 March 2018, at 19 : 37 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

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Answer: The binomial distribution