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SUBMITTER: Anhoj J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244133 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anhøj Jacob J Olesen Anne Vingaard AV
PloS one 20141125 11
<h4>Background</h4>A run chart is a line graph of a measure plotted over time with the median as a horizontal line. The main purpose of the run chart is to identify process improvement or degradation, which may be detected by statistical tests for non-random patterns in the data sequence.<h4>Methods</h4>We studied the sensitivity to shifts and linear drifts in simulated processes using the shift, crossings and trend rules for detecting non-random variation in run charts.<h4>Results</h4>The shift ...[more]