B.1. Statistical Moments and Process Capability

Table 1: Statistical Moments of a Random Variable

MomentExpected ValueEstimator
Mean value

Standard deviation

Skewness

Excess kurtosis


Statistical moments of a random variable: definition by expected values and statistical estimators for a given sample set.

Table 2: Process Capability Indices


Process capability indices considering the lower specification limit LSL, upper specification limit USL, the target value T as well as the sample mean and sample standard deviation .