What is Pareto chart?

A chart that lists items such as defect types as bars in descending order of count, with a line for the cumulative share. It shows which items to tackle first.

Field: Yield and quality control

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  1. Which correctly describes the purpose of a Pareto chart used in quality control?

Related terms

APC (advanced process control) Cause-and-effect diagram Control chart FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) Killer defect Poisson yield model Process capability index (Cpk) SPC (statistical process control) Systematic defect Yield

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