SSDforR (version 1.0)

Rchartsd: SPC R-chart with SD

Description

If the sample size is larger than ten, use of the standard deviation is recommended over the range (Orme & Cox, 2001). Although our hypothetical data have a sample size of twelve.

Usage

Rchartsd(behavior, groupX, bandX, ABxlab, ABylab, ABmain)

Arguments

behavior

behavior variable

groupX

grouping variable i.e. day

bandX

number of standard deviations 1,2 or 3

ABxlab

x labels

ABylab

y labels

ABmain

main title

References

go to ssdanalysis for more information

Examples

admit<-c(85,90,80,84,82,79,75,76,80,84,75,80,79,83,88,78,80,85,83,82,89,84,89,91,87,84,77,86,80,
89,81,86,88,83,86,90,86,85,85,87,80,89,NA,86,87,88,89,79,73,75,74,70,75,81,85,75,73,75,
79,70,72,71,69,70,64,60,59,54,53,55,50,54,51,49,48,50,46,55,51,55,49,50,48,51,33)

day<-c(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,NA,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
9,9,9,9,9,9,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,12,12,12,12,12,12,12)

padmit<-c("A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A",
"A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A",
"A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A","A",NA,"B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B",
"B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B",
"B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B","B")
Rchartsd(admit, day, 2, "week", "amount", "Admits to Hospital")