QC Lesson of the Month

THE QC CALCULATORS

James O. Westgard, Ph.D.
Sten Westgard
Paul Schilling

August 1999
 

See QC - The Calculations for an explanation and equations for these calculations.
See QC Calculator Problem Set if you want to work with some sample data.

 NOTE: These Javascript Calculators only work on browsers that support Javascript!

Fill these blanks in if you want to print out a hard copy of your data after you enter it
Analyst  
Test  
Control Material  
Month  

 

Monthly Mean, Standard Deviation & CV

Enter up to 40 measurements, then click the buttons to obtain the calculated values for the mean, standard deviation, and CV. Blank entry boxes are not included in the calculations but zeros are.


  
  
 

 

Cumulative/Lot-to-Date Calculator for
Mean, Standard Deviation, and CV 

To calculate cumulative control limits, enter the previous month's figures for n, sum of x, and sum of x squared, then push the "Total" button. To calculate monthly control limits, just push the "Total" button and only the monthly figures will be used.  

See QC - The Calculations for more information about these calculations 
Previous month's 
(or months') data
This month's data

n
Sum of x
Sum of x2

 

 

 

 


  
  
 

Control Limit Calculator

Note that you can re-enter the multiplier for the control limits to use the calculator for more than one control limit. 

Enter the control mean: 
 
Enter the control standard deviation:  
Enter the control limit you wish to evaluate 
(enter the multiplier number only, i.e. 2, 3, 3.5, etc.):
 
Once you've entered these three values, click this button to calculate your limits 
Your Upper Limit will appear here:  
Your Lower Limit will appear here:  

 


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