Mike Archer

So there is no standard rule.. only gut feeling?
If I have a P value of .05 or greater, that tells me that I have a normal distribution, but is there a similiar gauge to tell me when a distribution is so normal that it violates the random nature of reality?  If you had a P value of 1.0 for a large sample of people’s age distribution, wouldn’t yo…[Read more]

Ryan,
Because I am new in SS, my ignorance in the methodology may come across as bad intent and may be misinterpreted as wanting to do things half-heartedly or taking hasty shortcuts.  I believe in SS and want to do things right, so I want to tell you how much I appreciate your candid comments.
Can you give me some idea of a roadmap to fol…[Read more]

Ryan,
Because I am new in SS, my ignorance in the methodology may come across as bad intent and may be misinterpreted as wanting to do things half-heartedly or taking hasty shortcuts.  I believe in SS and want to do things right, so I want to tell you how much I appreciate your candid comments.
Can you give me some idea of a roadmap to fol…[Read more]

In my training we did a gage R&R by blowing up balloons and measuring them, and by inspecting the “m” on m&m’s (let the participants determine the characteristic they inspect).  We had to lean a lego race car assembly plant.  We also had to tell a joke if we were late.
Mike

Thank you Ryan.
I need to clarify my situation.  I elected to become a GB candidate primarly because I have been working on this electronic call system for some time and have partially implemented it already, and I wanted to apply SS methodology to the project.  So the ease of completion for me will be relatively nice.  I don’t think that CTQ ide…[Read more]

Brian,Michael Carver advised that I work my project as DMAIC – post # 29296 (the thread disconnect is my fault).I understand that examples could close my mind, but because this is my first project, I would hope that an example could also spark some understanding.  Nothing against my BB, but I fear that if he is my only resource, I will be closing…[Read more]