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Glossary of Terms

	Affinity Diagram Alias Alpha Alpha Level Alternative Hypothesis Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Andon Board Autonomation Average Axial Distance Axial Points
	Beta Bias Binomial Distribution Black Belt Blocking Box-Behnken Designs
	Cellular Process Design Center Points Central Composite Design (CCD) Central Limit Theorem Coefficient of Determination (R-squared) Combined Effects Confidence Confidence Interval Confidence Level Confounding Continuous Flow Contour Plot Control Charts Control Plan Correlation Analysis Correlation Coefficient Covariate Cp Cpk Critical Region Critical Value CTQC / CTQ Customer Cut-off Value Cycle Time
	Defect Defective Degrees of Freedom Design of Experiments (DOE) Desirability Desirability Function Deterministic DFSS Difference of Interest Discrete Distribution DMADV DMADV DMADV DMADV DMADV DMAIC DPMO Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR)
	Effects Entitlement Error Error-Proofing Experiment Run Experimental Condition Experimental Design Experimental Unit
	F-Ratio or F-Test Face Centered CCD Factorial Design Factors Five-S FMEA Fractional Factorial Design Full Factorial Full Factorial Design
	General Factorial Design Goodness of Fit Green Belt
	Heijunka Heteroskedasticity Hierarchy Homogeneity of Variances Homoskedasticity Hoshin Kanri Hypothesis Test
	Indicator Variable Interaction
	Jidoka Just-In-Time (JIT)
	Kaizen Kanban KJ Analysis KPIV
	Lack of Fit Late Point Differentiation Lean Methods Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Least Squares Method Lenth's PSE Levels Linearity Little's Law Log(s) Logarithm
	Maximum Mean Mean Square Median Metric Minimum Minimum Aberration Design Minimum Run Designs Mode Model Model Hierarchy Monte Carlo Analysis Multicolinearity Multiple Regression Multiplicity
	Noise Factor Noise or Nuisance Factor Non Parametric Test Normal Distribution Nuisance Factor Null Distribution Null Hypothesis
	Observations Operational Definition Opportunity (Defect) Orthogonality Outcomes
	P-Value Parameter Parametric Test Percent Contribution Poka Yoke Pooling Power of a Test Pp Ppk Process Process Control Charts Process Map Project Budget Project Charter Project Manager Project Plan Project Schedule Project Scope Statement Project Sponsor Project Staffing Plan Project Stakeholders Projection Propagation of Error (POE) Pull Scheduling Pure Sum of Squares
	QFD - Quality Function Deployment Quick Changeover
	R R Squared Random Sample Random Variable Randomization Range Regression Regression Analysis Rejection Region Repeatability Replication Reproducibility Residual Resolution Response Surface Methods (RSM) Responses Rotatability Rotatable Design
	Sample Sampling Distribution Screening Design Settings Sigma Sigma Level Significance Significance Level (Alpha) Six Sigma SMED – Single Minute Exchange of Die Sources Sparsity of Effects Principle SPC – Statistical Process Control Specifications Sponsor Stability Stakeholders Standard Deviation Standardized Work Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Stepwise Multiple Regression Stochastic Student's t Distribution Suboptimization Sum of Squares Systems Thinking
	Taguchi Designs Taguchi Methods Takt Time Test Statistic Test Value Theory of Constraints (TOC) Tollgate Reviews Total Productive Maintenance TPM Transfer Function Tree Diagram Triangular Distribution Type I Error Type II Error
	Uniform Distribution
	Value Added Value Stream Value Stream Map Variables Variance Variation Voice of the Customer
	Waste
	X X-bar X-bar-bar
	Y Y=f(X) Yellow Belt
	Z-Score