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How do I plot a v-mask in excel?

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JerryA - 10 Jul 2008 23:33 GMT
Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?
Andy Pope - 11 Jul 2008 08:38 GMT
Hi,

And for those not in the know, what is a v-mask?

Cheers
Andy

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> Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?
Del Cotter - 11 Jul 2008 21:35 GMT
>And for those not in the know, what is a v-mask?

I googled, thinking "cusum" might be a typo for "custom", but it turns
out that "cusum" is a cumulative sum graph, a sort of alternative type
of control graph, and the V mask is the equivalent of the upper and
lower control lines. But, because this is a cumulative graph, instead of
being horizontal, they get closer together from left to right.

It wasn't clear to me, from the pictures I saw, whether the V lines are
straight or curved. If straight, this is just another case where a pair
of points, in a block of cells kept apart from the data columns, define
a line in an XY scatter graph. If curved, then they'll probably have to
be a series, and might as well be in spreadsheet columns alongside the
data.

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JerryA - 11 Jul 2008 23:23 GMT
Del is correct about the v-mask. Its useful for determining if a process
change is neccesary. And yes, the lines are straight, and actualy come to a
point off the chart. If any results of the cusum show outside the lines, then
something has occured. I just was wondering if anyone knows the formula to
make it work on excel.

> Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?
Andy Pope - 12 Jul 2008 12:51 GMT
Hi,

Well for the control chart there are explanations here,
http://processtrends.com/pg_charts_control_chart.htm
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/RunChtLines.html

As for a particular formula to calculate the v-mask lines we would need
much more detail.

Cheers
Andy

> Del is correct about the v-mask. Its useful for determining if a process
> change is neccesary. And yes, the lines are straight, and actualy come to a
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>>Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?

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JerryA - 14 Jul 2008 15:55 GMT
Andy,
I already have done all the necessary calculations, and even have my Cusum
chart working perfectly, I also use the UCL and LCL charts, and a few others.
But I was just wondering if anyone knew how to use excel to automatically
draw the v-mask. The calculations are relatively easy, here is a website that
indicates how to manually draw a vmask, but I can't seem to translate it into
excel.
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section3/pmc323.htm

> Hi,
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> >>Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?
Andy Pope - 14 Jul 2008 19:18 GMT
Hi,

You would draw the lines using x,y coordinate pairs.
So if you have managed to create formula to calculate the
start/finish/corners of the line all you need to do is plot that as a
series.

Cheers
Andy

> Andy,
> I already have done all the necessary calculations, and even have my Cusum
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>>>>Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?

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Bob - 31 Jul 2008 21:18 GMT
use JMP, they have Cusum Chart module built in. Either one-sided or two-sided
charts.

> Anyone know how to take a Cusum chart and plot a v-mask on it?
 
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