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scatter diagram
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scatter diagram
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a graph that plots along two axes at right angles to each other the relationship between two variable quantities, such as height and weight
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scatter diagram ndiagramma m di dispersione


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Topics include benchmarking, check sheets, flowcharts, kanban, management involvement, process identification, scatter diagrams, standard operating procedures, teams, value analysis, and variation reduction.
Scatter diagrams Scatter diagrams are used to show whether or not there is a connection between two otherwise unrelated conditions.
Additional tools that provide further insight into the problem include histograms that show the frequency of the issue, stratifications that discern patterns that are the source of problems, control charts that allow the tracking of changes over time, scatter diagrams to identify correlations among the variables and pareto analysis that assists in prioritizing which variations should be addressed first.
 
 
 
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