Seven Basic Quality Tools

The seven basic quality tools are a set of commonly used graphical statistical analysis tools. They can be used to help solve many different types of problems, not just quality problems. The seven tools are: cause and effect diagrams, check sheets, control charts, histograms, Pareto charts, scatter plots, and data stratification. It is important to understand the purpose of each of these tools and how to interpret the information. This course provides a summary of each tool, including common uses.