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Median and range chart formulas

X-bar control limits are based on either range or sigma, depending on which chart it is paired with. When the X-bar chart is paired with a range chart, the most common (and recommended) method of computing control limits based on 3 standard deviations is:

Median chart formulas

Upper control limit:

median chart upper control limit formula

Lower control limit:

median chart lower control limit formula

Range

range formula

 

average range formula
k is the number of subgroups

Upper control limit:

range upper control limit formula

Lower control limit:

range chart lower control limit formula



Tabular values for median and range charts
Subgroup Size
A2
D3
D4
2
1.880
-----
3.268
3
1.023
-----
2.574
4
0.729
-----
2.282
5
0.577
-----
2.114
6
0.483
-----
2.004
7
0.419
0.076
1.924
8
0.373
0.136
1.864
9
0.337
0.184
1.816
10
0.308
0.223
1.777
11
0.285
0.256
1.276
12
0.266
0.283
1.717
13
0.249
0.307
1.693
14
0.235
0.328
1.672
15
0.223
0.347
1.653
16
0.212
0.363
1.637
17
0.203
0.378
1.622
18
0.194
0.391
1.608
19
0.187
0.403
1.597
20
0.180
0.415
1.585
21
0.173
0.425
1.276
22
0.167
0.434
1.566
23
0.162
0.443
1.557
24
0.157
0.451
1.548
25
0.153
0.459
1.541

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