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Variation - A change in data, characteristic or function caused by one of four factors: special causes, common causes, tampering or structural variation (see individual entries).

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Variation - Variation is the fluctuation in process output. It is quantified by standard deviation, a measure of the average spread of the data around the mean. Variation is sometimes called noise. Variance is squared standard deviation.

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Source: iSixSigma, 03 March 2011 09:12:20, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary External 


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