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Quality and Process Methods > Multivariate Control Charts > Overview of Multivariate Control Charts
Publication date: 04/21/2023

Overview of Multivariate Control Charts

Multivariate control charts are used to monitor two or more interrelated process variables. Where univariate control charts are used to monitor a single independent process characteristic, multivariate control charts are necessary when process variables are correlated. A Hotelling T2 chart, or just T2 chart for short, is one type of multivariate control chart. A T2 chart can detect shifts in the mean or the relationship between several interrelated variables. The observations can either be individual observations of the process variables or they can be grouped into rational subgroups.

Tip: For an updated multivariate control chart platform, see Model Driven Multivariate Control Charts.

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