A simple, take-along guide to achieving lasting business results

A companion to the bestselling Rath & Strong Pocket Guide to Six Sigma, Rath & Strongs Pocket Guide to Advanced Six Sigma Tools is designed to help Six Sigma black belts, green belts, and team leaders from every field to implement the most powerful tools in Six Sigma without getting bogged down in statistical theory.

This pocket-sized field guide provides practical advice on the use of advanced tools, such as: sampling, analysis of variance, multiple regression, and design of experiments. Each tool is explained in easy-to-understand language, permitting the reader to solve real-world problems in any area of business.

• Covers step-by-step implementation of the most important Six Sigma tools.
• Features a heavy emphasis on applying the best tools to solve practical business problems.

Explains how to use Microsoft Excel and Minitab statistical software to simplify the process.

• Tool selection guide
• Probability distributions
• Sampling
• Confidence intervals
• Hypothesis testing
• Control charts
• Correlation analysis
• Regression analysis
• Design of experiments
• Analysis of variance (ANOVA)