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Question
Name the control charts for variables
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Solution
A quality characteristic which can be expressed in terms of a numerical value in the production process is called as a variable.
There are two types of control charts for variables.
1. Mean chart `(bar"X" "chart")`
2. Range chart (R Chart)
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