Sigma
Sigma: A Greek letter ( ∑ ) commonly used to designate the standard deviation of a population. Sigma is a statistical term that measures how much a process varies from perfection, based on the number of defects per million units produced. In a process audit measurement would be of the number of times the process failed for each million time the process was run. In either case the subject is generally referred to as and “opportunity”. One Sigma = 690,000 per million units Two Sigma = 308,000 per million units Three Sigma = 66,800 per million units Four Sigma = 6,210 per million units Five Sigma = 230 per million units Six Sigma = 3.4 per million units
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