Posts Tagged ‘Podcast’

An Overview of Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Monday, April 6th, 2009

July 5, 2008

Tom presents the audio track of the first lesson of his online Black Belt training. His approach is unique because it presents the various tools in the context of how they are applied. If you are not yet a Six Sigma Black Belt, you will discover what is taught in Black Belt training. If you’re already a Black Belt, this podcast will help you understand when and how each tool is applied. You may want to listen to this podcast in several listenings. 22:49.

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Modeling with Regression

Monday, April 6th, 2009

July 1, 2008

One important Black Belt activity is to use the organization’s data warehouse to explore cause and effect relationships by building models using multiple linear regression. This isn’t as easy as just throwing all of the candidate Xs into a software package and crunching away. This podcast describes the technique Tom teaches in Six Sigma Black Belt training. 5:32.

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The International Academy for Quality

Monday, April 6th, 2009

May 12, 2008

The International Academy for Quality (IAQ) is an independent, self-supported, non-profit, non-governmental organization that is administered by a collegial assembly of Academicians who have been elected by their peers from the most respected, active and experienced protagonists of quality in the world. In this podcast Tom interviews IAQ Chairman, Spencer Hutchens, Jr. 10:14.

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DoE for Out of Control Processes

Monday, April 6th, 2009

April 12, 2008

Can you perform designed experiments on processes that are not in a state of statistical control? This podcast tells you where six eminent expert statisticians come down on this issue, and Tom adds his summary of the debate and his 2-cents worth. 10:19.

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Variance Inflation Factors

Monday, April 6th, 2009

April 7, 2008

Variance inflation is a problem frequently encountered by Six Sigma Black Belts who are performing regression analysis. It can lead to serious problems with the analysis, such as regression coefficients with the wrong sign. Listen to this podcast to learn about variance inflation factors, a metric that quantifies variance inflation, and the causes of and cures for variance inflation. 7:04.

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