Example of using Pareto chart with raw data
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The company you work for manufactures metal bookcases. During final inspection, a certain number of bookcases are rejected due to scratches, chips, bends, or dents. You want to make a Pareto chart to see which defect is causing most of your problems. You enter the name of the defect each time it occurs in a single worksheet column called Damage.

1    Open the worksheet EXH_QC.MTW.

2    Choose Stat > Quality Tools > Pareto Chart.

3    In Defects or attribute data in, enter Damage.

4    Click OK.

Graph window output

Interpreting the results

Focus on improvements to scratches and chips because 75% of the damage is due to these defects.