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Vol.
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Quality Quiz from Professor Cleary Congratulations!
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| The best way to explain Cpk in a way that makes it seem intuitive is by example. If, for example, you have a process that is in control (and data follows a normal distribution), and have garnered the following information:
Calculation for Cpk:
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way to understand Cpk is to note that a Cpk of 1 represents an assurance
that the process is producing at least 99.73 percent good parts, since
if spec limits were exactly plus 3 and minus 3 sigma ( |
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