Glossary of Terms

α risk

The α risk is the probability of committing a Type I error or the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true.

Additive flag system

An additive flag system is used to track corporate indicators that are the summation of departmental indicators; for example, the corporate indicator (Y) is a linear combination of the departmental indicators (X1 + X2 + X3 + X4).

Affinity diagram

An affinity diagram is used to organize verbal and pictorial data consisting of facts, opinions, intuition, and experience into natural clusters that bring out the latent structure of the problem under study.

Aids for transformation

Top management studies the aids for a fruitful transformation to Six Sigma management at all levels within ...

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