control chart

American  

noun

Statistics.

1. a chart on which observations are plotted as ordinates in the order in which they are obtained and on which control lines are constructed to indicate whether the population from which the observations are being drawn is remaining the same: used especially in industrial quality control.

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control chart British  

noun

1. statistics a chart on which observed values of a variable are plotted, usually against the expected value of the variable and its allowable deviation, so that excessive variations in the quality, quantity, etc, of the variable can be detected

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Example Sentences

It is also a litmus test of where any manager is on the control chart.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2017

As a young artillery officer, Westmoreland worked out a new logarithmic fire-direction and control chart that is still in use.

From Time Magazine Archive

Item by item his seemingly random gaze touched the items in the cabin: control console, screens, computer, chart screen, jump control chart case, bookshelf.

From The Ethical Engineer by Harrison, Harry