Six Sigma Processes

question 25

Multiple Choice

Six Sigma processes

• A)are based on three principles: (1)all work is a statistically controllable process; (2)no well-controlled process allows variability; and (3)defect-free work requires tight statistical controls.
• B)can be used for both improving existing business processes and for developing new processes or products.
• C)can be used for improving products or business processes but not for developing new products or new processes.
• D)consists of a disciplined, statistics-based system aimed at producing not more than 10 defects per million iterations for a manufacturing or assembly process.
• E)can be used for developing new products or new business processes but not for improving existing products or business processes.

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Definitions:

Posttest-Only Control

A research design in which outcomes are measured only after the experimental intervention, without a pretest, to assess the intervention's effect.

Group Equivalence

A condition in experimental research where the groups being compared are equal or similar in all relevant aspects except for the intervention being tested.

Repeated Testing

The process of conducting the same test multiple times to verify the reliability and consistency of its results.

Placebo Control Group

is a group in an experiment that receives a sham or inactive treatment, which is used to assess the psychological impact of receiving treatment rather than the treatment's actual efficacy.