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EWMA Statistic

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EWMA Statistic

The exponentially weighted moving average of the current subgroup, as used in a standard EWMA Chart.

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where:

  • knowctr00090008.gif is the value of the Weighting Factor (user defined; See When to Use EWMA Charts )

  • x-bart is the subgroup average, for the current subgroup at time t (or the current observation, if subgroup size is one (n=1)).

  • the value of z at time zero (zo) is either a Target value or the overall Average of the selected subgroups (user defined).

See also:

EWMA Control Limits

Interpreting an EWMA Chart


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