1 | Data Type:
Specify the type of data you have. The following options are available:
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2 | Analysis Type:
Specify the type of analysis to be performed. The following options are available:
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3 | Num Items: Specify the number of items inspected. You can optionally enter the item numbers on the right. You can have up to 100 items. | ||||||||
4 | Num Appraisers: Enter the total number of inspectors for this study. You can have up to 20 inspectors. | ||||||||
5 | Randomize: Specify if you want to randomize your test runs. A random test run will ensure that the operators don't remember earlier measurement results and hence there is less chance of biasing your study. | ||||||||
6 | Num Repeats: Enter the number of trials/repeats. You can have up to 10 repeats. | ||||||||
7 | Input Type:
Specify how the input data for analysis has been formatted. The available options are:
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8 | External Standard: Specify the external standard values to compute the accuracy. This option is only valid for Discrete data and is not applicable for continuous data. If the Data Type is Continuous, then this textbox is disabled. | ||||||||
9 | Help Button: Click on this button to open the help file for this topic. | ||||||||
10 | Cancel Button: Click on this button to cancel all changes to the settings and exit this dialog box. | ||||||||
11 | Create Design: If this is the first time you are using this template, click on this button to format the worksheet template. You can also update the worksheet format at any time but remember that you may lose any data you may have entered on this worksheet. Once you are happy with the worksheet template layout, you will need to enter any required data on the worksheet. When the data entered into the worksheet is complete, you can click on Analysis Setup and then Compute Outputs to generate analysis results. | ||||||||
12 | Analyze Design: Click on this button to save all changes and compute the outputs for this analysis. Review the results of your analysis and make changes to your inputs if required to update analysis results. |
1 | Data Type: Specify the type of data you have. In this case, the data type is either nominal or ordinal data. | ||||||||
2 | Analysis Type:
Specify the type of analysis to be performed. The following options are available:
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3 | Input Type: Specify whether your data is organized in a single column or across multiple columns. For Type 3 analysis, make sure that you enter the data in the time order in which you collect the data without randomization. | ||||||||
4 | External Standard: Specify whether external standards are available. If external standard is available, then accuracy numbers are reported, otherwise only repeatability / reproducibility numbers are reported. |
1 | Search Data: The available data displays all the columns of data that are available for analysis. You can use the search bar to filter this list and to speed up finding the right data to use for analysis. Enter a few characters in the search field and the software will filter and display the filtered data in the Available Data box. | ||||||||||
2 | Available Data: The available data box contains the list of data available for analysis. If your workbook does not have any data in tabular format, this box will display "No Data Found". The information displayed in this box includes the row number, whether the data is Numeric (N) or Text (T), and the name of the column variable. Note that the software displays data from all the tables in the current workbook. Even though data within the same table have unique column names, columns across different tables can have similar names. Hence, it is important that you not only specify the column name but also the table name. | ||||||||||
3 | Add or View Data: Click on this button either to add more data into your workbook for analysis or to view more details about the data listed in the available data box. When you click on this button, it opens up the Data Editor dialog box where you can import more data into your workbook, or you can switch from the list view to a table view to see the individual data values for each column. | ||||||||||
4 | Required Data: The code for the required data specifies what data can be specified for that box. An example code is N: 2-4. If the code starts with an N, then you will need to select only numeric columns. If the code starts with a T, then you can select both numeric and text columns. The numbers to the right of the colon specify the min-max values. For example, if the min-max values are 2-4, then you need to select a minimum of 2 columns of data and a maximum of 4 columns of data in this box. If the minimum value is 0, then no data is required to be specified for this box. | ||||||||||
5 | Select Button: Click on this button to select the data for analysis. Any data you select for the analysis is moved to the right. To select a column, click on the columns in the Available Databox to highlight them and then click on the Select Button. A second method to select the data is to double click on the columns in the list of Available Data. Finally, you can also drag and drop the columns you are interested in by holding down the select columns using your left mouse key and dragging and dropping them in one of the boxes on the right. | ||||||||||
6 | Selected Data:
If the right amount of data columns has been specified, the list box header will be displayed in the black color. If sufficient data has not been specified, then the list box header will be displayed in the red color. Note that you can double-click on any of the columns in this box to remove them from the box. The data you specify for this analysis depends on the options you have specified in the Setup tab.
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7 | View Selection: Click on this button to view the data you have specified for this analysis. The data can be viewed either in a tablular format or in a graphical summary. |
1 | Gage Name: Specify the name of the gage that you are performing your study for. This is an optional field and any data you enter here will be used to update the charts on analysis results. |
2 | Reported By: Specify the person conducting this study. This value is optional. If no value is entered, then a value is estimated from the data you enter in the worksheet. |
3 | Date: Specify the date of the study. This value is optional. If no value is entered, then a value is estimated from the data you enter in the worksheet. |
4 | Standard Deviation: Specify the historical standard deviation. This value is optional. If no value is entered, then a value is estimated from the data you enter in the worksheet. |
5 | LSL Value: Specify the lower specification limit for the study. |
6 | USL Value: Specify the upper specification limit for the study. |
7 | Appraiser Names: If you are not entering data through the Data tab you can use the Options tab to specify the Appraiser Names. Make sure that the names you provide are unique across all appraisers. Note that this is an optional field. |
8 | Item Names: If you are not entering data through the Data tab you can use the Options tab to specify the Item Names. Make sure that the names you provide are unique across all items. Typically, we would enter the part numbers here or assign a unique code to each item. Note that this is an optional field. |
0 | Pick Charts: Select the charts you would like to display for this analysis. |
1 | Title: The system will automatically pick a title for your chart. However, if you would like to override that with your own title you can specify a title for your chart here. Note that this input is optional. |
2 | Sub Title: The system will automatically pick a subtitle for your chart. However, if you would like to override that with your own subtitle you can specify a subtitle for your chart here. Note that this input is optional. |
3 | X Label: The system will automatically pick a label for the x-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your own label for the x-axis you can specify a different label here. Note that this input is optional. |
4 | Y Label: The system will automatically pick a label for the y-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your own label for the y-axis you can specify a different label here. Note that this input is optional. |
5 | X Axis: The system will automatically pick a scale for the x-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your values for the x-axis, you can specify them here. The format for this input is to specify the minimum, increment, and maximum values separated by a semi-colon. For example, if you specify 10;20 then the minimum x-axis scale is set at 10 and the maximum x-axis scale is set at 20. If you specify 10;2;20, then, in addition to minimum and maximum values, the x-axis increment is set at 2. Note that this input is currently disabled and you will not be able to change this setting. |
6 | Y Axis: The system will automatically pick a scale for the y-axis. However, if you would like to override that with your values for the y-axis, you can specify them here. The format for this input is to specify the minimum, increment, and maximum values separated by a semi-colon. For example, if you specify 10;20 then the minimum y-axis scale is set at 10 and the maximum y-axis scale is set at 20. If you specify 10;2;20, then, in addition to minimum and maximum values, the y-axis increment is set at 2. Note that this input is optional. |
7 | Horizontal Lines: If you want to add a few extra horizontal reference lines on top of your chart you can specify the values here. The format for this input is numeric values separated by semi-colon. For example, if you specify 12;15 then two horizontal lines are plotted at Y = 12 and Y = 15 respectively. Note that this input is optional. |
8 | Vertical Lines: If you want to add a few extra vertical reference lines on top of your chart you can specify the values here. The format for this input is numeric values separated by semi-colon. For example, if you specify 2;5 then two vertical lines are plotted at X = 2 and X = 5 respectively. Note that this input is optional. |