![]() The purpose of the same person measuring each object multiple times is to assess the repeatability of the measurement system. You are not interested in the actual values but in the variation that exists when a person measures an object multiple times and the variation that will exist between the different people who are measuring the same object. ![]() Each person will measure each object multiple times, usually 2-3 times. Usually you’ll select 2-3 people and 5-10 objects. You will also choose a measuring device such as a ruler, timer, or scale. The Gage R&R study is a carefully planned process by which you select a number of “operators,” or people to do the study, and a number of objects to measure that are known to have inherent variation. Reproducibility is the ability of you and your friend Charles to measure the same thing multiple times with the same measuring device, under the same circumstances and both of you getting the same answer. Repeatability is your ability to measure the same thing multiple times with the same measuring device, under the same circumstances and get the same answer. The Gage R&R study specifically measures the repeatability and reproducibility of the measurement system. If the proportion of scale mechanism variation is a large part of the overall variation, then you won’t really know your true weight - or whether your new diet is working. The Gage R&R helps you distinguish how much of the variation is due to the scale mechanism. That variation will be the variation in your weight plus the variation in the scale mechanism. That variation in the observed measurement will be the result of the variation in the object that you are measuring plus the variation of the measuring device.įor example, when you get on the bathroom scale each morning, the scale reading is usually different. When you observe any measurement, it will typically vary from time to time. Overview: What is Gage R&R?Ī Gage R&R is a scientific study that falls under the larger topic of Measurement System Analysis (MSA). This article will present what is a Gage R&R study, some definitions and underlying statistics, the benefits of doing a Gage R&R study, and some best practices for successfully doing one. “It is really just as bad a technique to make a measurement more accurately than is necessary as it is to make it not accurately enough.” - Arthur David Ritchie “One accurate measurement is worth one thousand expert opinions.” - Grace Hopper A few quotes on measurement and data might be appropriate: ![]() Gage R&R is all about the integrity of your measurement system and its ability to capture the true values of what you are measuring. ![]()
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