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Variable Data

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Variable Data - definitions

Variable Data - Measurement information. Control charts based on variable data include average (X-bar) chart, range (R) chart, and sample standard deviation (s) chart (see individual listings).

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Variable Data - Variable data is what you would call Quantitative. There are two types (Discrete) count data and (Continuous) data.

Attribute data is always binary and unuseable for the purpose of quantification. Good Bad, Yes No once you convert it to discrete data by counting the number of good or bad it becomes discrete variables data.

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