Title: Shewhart control chart
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - Shewhart control chart
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08125
Status: current

Definition
Control chart with Shewhart control limits intended primarily to distinguish between the variation in the plotted measure due to random causes and that due to special causes.

Related Terms
- Control chart: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08068
- Shewhart control limits: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08126

Source
- PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1040 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819)

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Citation: Citation: 'Shewhart control chart' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08125
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