Week 4: Six Sigma Analyze Phase Overview

Welcome to Week 4, Day 1 of the Six Sigma Green Belt review!

During the first few weeks we covered a ton of material!

• Week 1 Six Sigma and the Organization & Six Sigma Teams.
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions
• Week 2 Six Sigma Define Phase
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions
• Week 3 Six Sigma Measure Phase
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions

We also covered the anchoring technique – in my opinion the best way to enable quick and easy recall of any material. That’s where you try to associate each topic you cover with something you already know.

I find it’s really helpful to list out specific examples of where you’ve seen the Six Sigma practices in real life (on the job, at the hospital, etc) or, barring that, where you think something would really benefit from application of those practices.

If you didn’t have a chance to review those topics mentioned above, go back now and catch up. The context supplied with those topics gives an excellent foundation for our studying.

Week 4: Six Sigma Analyze Phase

Today we’re starting with the Analyze Phase of Six Sigma’s DMAIC process. Just like the previous weeks, before we start I’d like to begin with a note that many different certifying bodies exist and I am trying to help people that are candidates in all of them. This means that I may refer to things that aren’t specifically on your exam.

Your Assignment

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Second, review the articles I list below.

These are the concepts I refer exam candidates to when diving into these particular sections.

Take a look.

Introducing Six Sigma Analyze Phase

• Multi-Vari Analysis
• Patterns of Variation
• Simple Linear Correlation and Regression
  • Regression Analysis
  • Linear Regression
  • Correlation Coefficient
  • Canonical Correlation Analysis
• Hypothesis Testing
  • General Concepts & Goals of Hypothesis Testing
  • Significance; Practical vs. Statistical
  • Risk; Alpha & Beta
  • Types of Hypothesis Test
  • Hypothesis Testing with Non-Normal Data
• Paired-Comparison Tests
  •  1 & 2 sample t-tests
• Single-Factor Analysis of Variance (One Way ANOVA)
•  Chi-Squared

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Next Time

Next time we will dive into the specific requirements of these topics across of a few popular certifying bodies (ASQ, IASSC, Villanova).

Happy studying!