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 HISTOGRAM Statement

## Printed Output

If you request a fitted parametric distribution, printed output summarizing the fit is produced in addition to the graphical display. Figure 4.9 shows the printed output for a fitted lognormal distribution requested by the following statements:
   proc capability;
spec target=14 lsl=13.95 usl=14.05;
histogram / lognormal(indices midpercents);
run;

The summary is organized into the following parts:
• Parameters
• Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test
• EDF Goodness-of-Fit Tests
• Specifications
• Indices Using the Fitted Curve
• Histogram Intervals
• Quantiles
These parts are described in the sections that follow.

### Parameters

This section lists the parameters for the fitted curve as well as the estimated mean and estimated standard deviation. See "Formulas for Fitted Curves".

 The CAPABILITY Procedure Fitted Lognormal Distribution for width

 Parameters for Lognormal Distribution Parameter Symbol Estimate Threshold Theta 0 Scale Zeta 2.638966 Shape Sigma 0.001497 Mean 13.99873 Std Dev 0.020952

 Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Lognormal Distribution Test Statistic DF p Value Kolmogorov-Smirnov D 0.09148348 Pr > D >0.150 Cramer-von Mises W-Sq 0.05040427 Pr > W-Sq >0.500 Anderson-Darling A-Sq 0.33476355 Pr > A-Sq >0.500 Chi-Square Chi-Sq 2.87938822 3 Pr > Chi-Sq 0.411

 Capability IndicesBased on LognormalDistribution Cp 0.795463 CPL 0.776822 CPU 0.814021 Cpk 0.776822 Cpm 0.792237

 Histogram Bin Percentsfor Lognormal Distribution BinMidpoint Percent Observed Estimated 13.95 4.000 2.963 13.97 18.000 15.354 13.99 26.000 33.872 14.01 38.000 32.055 14.03 10.000 13.050 14.05 4.000 2.281

 Quantiles for Lognormal Distribution Percent Quantile Observed Estimated 1.0 13.9440 13.9501 5.0 13.9656 13.9643 10.0 13.9710 13.9719 25.0 13.9860 13.9846 50.0 14.0018 13.9987 75.0 14.0129 14.0129 90.0 14.0218 14.0256 95.0 14.0241 14.0332 99.0 14.0470 14.0475
Figure 4.9: Sample Summary of Fitted Distribution

### Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test

The chi-square goodness-of-fit statistic for a fitted parametric distribution is computed as follows:


where

Oi = observed percentage in i th histogram interval
Ei = expected percentage in i th histogram interval
m = number of histogram intervals
p = number of estimated parameters

The degrees of freedom for the chi-square test is equal to m-p-1. You can save the observed and expected interval percentages in the OUTFIT= data set discussed in "Output Data Sets".

Note that empty intervals are not combined, and the range of intervals used to compute begins with the first interval containing observations and ends with the final interval containing observations.

### EDF Goodness-of-Fit Tests

When you fit a parametric distribution, the HISTOGRAM statement provides a series of goodness-of-fit tests based on the empirical distribution function (EDF). The EDF tests offer advantages over the chi-square goodness-of-fit test, including improved power and invariance with respect to the histogram midpoints. For a thorough discussion, refer to D'Agostino and Stephens (1986).

The empirical distribution function is defined for a set of n independent observations X1, ... ,Xn with a common distribution function F(x). Denote the observations ordered from smallest to largest as X(1), ... ,X(n). The empirical distribution function, Fn(x), is defined as

Note that Fn(x) is a step function that takes a step of height [1/n] at each observation. This function estimates the distribution function F(x). At any value x, Fn(x) is the proportion of observations less than or equal to x, while F(x) is the probability of an observation less than or equal to x. EDF statistics measure the discrepancy between Fn(x) and F(x).

The computational formulas for the EDF statistics make use of the probability integral transformation U=F(X). If F(X) is the distribution function of X, the random variable U is uniformly distributed between 0 and 1.

Given n observations X(1), ... ,X(n), the values U(i)=F(X(i)) are computed by applying the transformation, as shown in the following sections.

The HISTOGRAM statement provides three EDF tests:

• Kolmogorov-Smirnov
• Anderson-Darling
• Cramr-von Mises
These tests are based on various measures of the discrepancy between the empirical distribution function Fn(x) and the proposed parametric cumulative distribution function F(x).

The following sections provide formal definitions of the EDF statistics.

#### Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic

The Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic (D) is defined as
The Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic belongs to the supremum class of EDF statistics. This class of statistics is based on the largest vertical difference between F(x) and Fn(x).

The Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic is computed as the maximum of D+ and D-, where D+ is the largest vertical distance between the EDF and the distribution function when the EDF is greater than the distribution function, and D- is the largest vertical distance when the EDF is less than the distribution function.

#### Anderson-Darling Statistic

The Anderson-Darling statistic and the Cramr-von Mises statistic belong to the quadratic class of EDF statistics. This class of statistics is based on the squared difference (Fn(x)- F(x))2. Quadratic statistics have the following general form:
The function weights the squared difference (Fn(x)- F(x))2.

The Anderson-Darling statistic (A2) is defined as

Here the weight function is .

The Anderson-Darling statistic is computed as

#### Cramr-von Mises Statistic

The Cramr-von Mises statistic (W2) is defined as
Here the weight function is .

The Cramr-von Mises statistic is computed as

#### Probability Values for EDF Tests

Once the EDF test statistics are computed, the associated probability values (p-values) must be calculated. The CAPABILITY procedure uses internal tables of probability levels similar to those given by D'Agostino and Stephens (1986). If the value is between two probability levels, then linear interpolation is used to estimate the probability value.

The probability value depends upon the parameters that are known and the parameters that are estimated for the distribution you are fitting. Table 4.17 summarizes different combinations of estimated parameters for which EDF tests are available.

Note: The threshold (THETA=) parameter for the beta, exponential, gamma, lognormal, and Weibull distributions is assumed to be known. If you do not specify its value, it is assumed to be zero and known. Likewise, the SIGMA= parameter, which determines the upper threshold (SIGMA) for the beta distribution, is assumed to be known; if you do not specify its value, it is assumed to be one. These parameters are not listed in Table 4.17 because they are assumed to be known in all cases, and they do not affect which EDF statistics are computed.

Table 4.17: Availability of EDF Tests
 Distribution Parameters EDF Tests Available Beta and unknown none known, unknown none unknown, known none and known all Exponential unknown all known all Gamma and unknown none known, unknown none unknown, known none and known all Lognormal and unknown all known, unknown A2 and W2 unknown, known A2 and W2 and known all Normal and unknown all known, unknown A2 and W2 unknown, known A2 and W2 and known all Weibull c and unknown A2 and W2 c known, unknown A2 and W2 c unknown, known A2 and W2 c and known all

### Specifications

This section is included in the summary only if you provide specification limits, and it tabulates the limits as well as the observed percentages and estimated percentages outside the limits.

The estimated percentages are computed only if fitted distributions are requested and are based on the probability that an observed value exceeds the specification limits, assuming the fitted distribution. The observed percentages are the percents of observations outside the specification limits.

### Indices Using Fitted Curves

This section is included in the summary only if you specify the INDICES option in parentheses after a distribution option, as in the statements that produce Figure 4.9. Standard process capability indices, such as Cp and Cpk, are not appropriate if the data are not normally distributed. The INDICES option computes generalizations of the standard indices using the fact that for the normal distribution, is both the distance from the lower 0.135 percentile to the median (or mean) and the distance from the median (or mean) to the upper 99.865 percentile. These percentiles are estimated from the fitted distribution, and the appropriate percentile-to-median distances are substituted for in the standard formulas.

Writing T for the target, LSL and USL for the lower and upper specification limits, and for the percentile, the generalized capability indices are as follows:

Cpl = [(P0.5 - LSL )/(P0.5-P0.00135)]

Cpu = [(USL - P0.5 )/(P0.99865-P0.5)]

Cp = [(USL - LSL)/(P0.99865-P0.00135)]

Cpk = min([(P0.5 - LSL)/(P0.5-P0.00135)],[( USL - P0.5)/(P0.99865-P0.5)])

K = 2 ×[(|(1/2)( USL+ LSL) - P0.5|)/( USL - LSL )]

If the data are normally distributed, these formulas reduce to the formulas for the standard capability indices, which are given at "Standard Capability Indices" . The following guidelines apply to the use of generalized capability indices requested with the INDICES option:

• When you choose the family of parametric distributions for the fitted curve, consider whether an appropriate family can be derived from assumptions about the process.
• Whenever possible, examine the data distribution with a histogram, probability plot, or quantile-quantile plot.
• Apply goodness-of-fit tests to assess how well the parametric distribution models the data.
• Consider whether a generalized index has a meaningful practical interpretation in your application.

At the time of this writing, there is ongoing research concerning the application of generalized capability indices, and it is important to note that other approaches can be used with nonnormal data:

• Transform the data to normality, then compute and report standard capability indices on the transformed scale.
• Report the proportion of nonconforming output estimated from the fitted distribution.
• If it is not possible to adequately model the data distribution with a parametric density, smooth the data distribution with a kernel density estimate and simply report the proportion of nonconforming output.

Refer to Rodriguez (1992) for additional discussion.

### Histogram Intervals

This section is included in the summary only if you specify the MIDPERCENTS option in parentheses after the distribution option, as in the statements that produce Figure 4.9. This table lists the interval midpoints along with the observed and estimated percentages of the observations that lie in the interval. The estimated percentages are based on the fitted distribution.

In addition, you can specify the MIDPERCENTS option to request a table of interval midpoints with the observed percent of observations that lie in the interval. See the entry for the MIDPERCENTS option.

### Quantiles

This table lists observed and estimated quantiles. You can use the PERCENTS= option to specify the list of quantiles to appear in this list. The list in Figure 4.9 is the default list. See the entry for the PERCENTS= option.

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