The performance of treatments in single-factor experiments using Six Sigma metrics

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-132

  Ravichandran, J ^a  

^a AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Analysis of Means; Analysis of Variance; ANOM; ANOVA; Defects per Million Opportunities; DPMO; MCTs; Mean shifts; Multiple Comparison Tests; Single factor experiment; Six Sigma metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249115411     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2008.020278     Document Type: Article

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