STATGRAPHICS – Rev.

8/24/2009

Dashboard Gage

The Dashboard Gage procedure creates a gage with a pointer and colored zones.

Sample StatFolio: dashboard.sgp

Sample Data:
The file cans.sgd contains inspection results from m = 94 samples taken from a manufacturing
process, each containing n = 50 cardboard orange juice cans. The data is presented by
Montgomery (2005). Each can was inspected and the number of defective cans was tabulated.
The table below shows a partial list of the data in that file:

Sample n Defects
1 50 12
2 50 15
3 50 8
4 50 10
5 50 4
6 50 7
7 50 16
8 50 9
9 50 14
10 50 10
11 50 5
12 50 6
13 50 17
14 50 12
15 50 22

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Data Input
The data input dialog box specifies the location of the pointer on the gage:

Either a single number or an expression resulting in a single number may be entered. In the
dialog box above, the AVG operator is used to calculate the average number of defects per
sample.

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Analysis Options
The Analysis Options dialog box is used to specify the zones on the gage:

 Number of zones: the gage may contain between 1 and 5 zones.

 Label: optional labels for each zone.

 Start: the starting value for each zone.

 End: the ending value for the last zone.

 Color: the color to shade each zone.

 Tickmark increment: the increment between major tickmarks.

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Analysis Summary
The Analysis Summary displays the location of the pointer:

Dashboard Gage - AVG(defects)

Pointer position = 7.42553
Zone: yellow

The StatAdvisor
The pointer is located at 7.42553, which places it in the yellow zone.

Dashboard Gage Plot

The Dashboard Gage Plot shows the zones and the pointer location:

Dashboard Gage

10.0

5.0 15.0

0 20.0
AVG(defects): 7.42553

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