Use in other quality tools
•Stratificationcanrelyonqualitytools,thehistogramisthe
moreusualpresentit.
For what do you use it
•Identifythecausesthathavegreaterinfluenceonthe
variation.
•Tounderstandindetailthestructureofagroupofdata,
allowingyoutoidentifythecausesoftheproblemand
carryoutsuitablecorrectiveactions.
•Examinethedifferencesbetweenthemeanvaluesandthe
variationbetweendifferentstrata,andtakeactionagainst
thedifferencethatmayexist.
Example of Stratification (Pareto graph)
Inthisexamplewehaveafewpiecesrejectedfordefects.Wecollect
dataandbuildaParetochart,butanalyzingitwefindthatthe
problemsaremoreorlessequallyimportantandnonestandsout.
•Example:Supposeyouhave3layerswith100,200and300
populationsizes,respectively.Theinvestigatorchoseafractionof½
sampling.Then,theresearchermustproverandom50,100and150
subjectsfromeachstratum,respectively.
Estrato A B C
Tamaño de la población 100 200 300
Fracción de muestreo ½ ½ ½
Tamaño final de la muestra 50 100 150