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Interval<br />

Width<br />

<strong>Basic</strong> <strong>Tools</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Process</strong> <strong>Improvement</strong><br />

Equal to or greater than<br />

the STARTING VALUE<br />

EXERCISE 1 ANSWER KEY<br />

Step 5 - Compute the interval width<br />

=<br />

Range<br />

Number of<br />

Intervals<br />

Use 8 <strong>for</strong> the number<br />

of intervals<br />

28<br />

= =<br />

8<br />

HISTOGRAM VIEWGRAPH 28<br />

EXERCISE 1 ANSWER KEY<br />

Step 6 - Determine the starting point of each interval<br />

Step 7 - Count the number of points in each interval<br />

INTERVAL STARTING INTERVAL ENDING NUMBER<br />

NUMBER VALUE WIDTH VALUE OF COUNTS<br />

1 4 + 4 8 3<br />

2 8 + 4 12 20<br />

3 12 + 4 16 20<br />

4 16 + 4 20 20<br />

5 20 + 4 24 10<br />

6 24 + 4 28 5<br />

7 28 + 4 32 1<br />

8 32 + 4 36 1<br />

But less than<br />

the ENDING VALUE<br />

HISTOGRAM VIEWGRAPH 29<br />

3.5<br />

Round up<br />

to 4<br />

HISTOGRAM 27

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