Nonrandom Patterns in Control Charts

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Trend

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Cycles

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Bias

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Mean Shift

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Too much dispersion

A$.$

A wave pattern

B$.$

Too many observations on one side of the center line

C$.$

Sustained upward or downward movement

D$.$

The values are too spread out

E$.$

A shift in the average