Sharpening Your Sword


These Lessons are designed for you to relearn what you have forgotten, reinforce what you have just learned or learn a new tool or technique. It is a “hands on” approach so you will be applying what you learn during most of the session in an assignment.

All Lessons are:

  • Online site access 24hrs a day for 7 days
  • Narrated lessons are  developed and presented by Peter Bersbach and are based on “The Six Sigma Handbook” by Thomas Pyzdek
  • Email address available to ask questions of Peter Bersbach
  • Assignments on almost every lesson with available answer key to check your results
  • Online Resources – Any templates, worksheets, etc. required are in the lesson and are downloadable.
  • Microsoft Excel w/ Free Data Analysis Add-in required (or equivalent)

We do use, extensively, Microsoft Excels and it’s Data Analysis add-in. This add-in is free to all Excel owners. Other spreadsheet software may have the same capabilities.

  • Statistical Software Required on some lessons!

Although you may use any software package you would like that has a high level of statistical capability (.i.e Regression analysis, ANOVA, SPC) these lessons uses Minitab in all of their examples.You can purchase Minitab or SigmaXL® . You also can get a free 30 day trial copy of Minitab to get started with the lessons while you’re in the process of purchasing Minitab.

ALL LESSONS REQUIRING STATISTICAL SOFTWARE WILL NOTE THE REQUIREMENT

You can only sign-up for 1 lesson a week

 

Lessons:

Six Sigma Overview
Video Length: 33 minutes
Price: Free

This introductory seminar provides an overview of Six Sigma and is designed for CEO’s, owners, and managers to learn how to think in new ways about possible breakthrough improvements in their organization or business. Using the Six Sigma process, the seminar will demonstrate results from several small and mid-size businesses that have had great success by implementing this critical top-down, buy-in process. This seminar will detail what Six Sigma is and is not. Upon completion of this seminar, you will be able to make an informed decision as to whether or not you want to incorporate the Six Sigma process into your business.

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Variation and Measurement
Video Length: 22 minutes
Price: $20.00 USD

You will learn about the how we measure variation using different measurement scales, and data types. We will define, show examples and inform you of the correct statistic to use for each of the four measurement scales (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio)  We will also discuss the two data types (Attribute and Continuous) and give you examples of each. Last we explain the important of knowing, before you start collecting data, what type a data you will be collecting and on what scale as that will define the statistical tool that you will use to “picture’ or summarize what you collect.

$20.00 USD for Variation and Measurement Lesson.

Descriptive Statistics
Video Length: 25 Minutes
Price $20.00 USD

Data are just a list of numbers, in this lesson we will take that list and turn it into “Statistical Pictures”  called Descriptive Statistics so we can understand more about the process the data is from. In this lesson we will learn about the descriptive statistics called mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, skewness, Kurtosis. During this lesson besides learning about these descriptive statistics you will get a chance to use them yourself.

Prerequisite: The information in Variation and Measurement.
Assignment and Answer Key in Microsoft Excel

 

$20.00 USD for Descriptive Statistics.

Decision Theory
Video length: 17 Minutes
Price: $20.00 USD

This lesson on Decision Theory talks about how we make a decision and how that applies to Statistics.  This is important to understand because when we look at process and make a hypothesis , or guess ,  of what it is doing, we will eventually have to decided whether our hypothesis,  or guess,  is correct or not . So in this lesson we’re going to  talk about decision theory, point and interval estimates, error types, confidence intervals, and mean estimating .

Prerequisite: The information in Descriptive Statistics.
Answer Key in Microsoft Excel

 

$20.00 USD for Decision Theory


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The Application of Discrete Distributions (Statistical Software Required)

This “hands on” presentation will walk you through what are discrete data and different techniques used to count them. Plus it will describe the Binomial, Poisson, and Hypergeometric  distributions that are used to test theories about discrete data.

During the session besides the description of each of those distributions we will explain went to use each and the formulas for each. Finally you will get a chance to use them yourself.

The Application of Continuous Distributions (Statistical Software Required)

This “hands on” presentation will walk you through what are continuous data.It will describe the Normal (Z), Student t (t), Fisher’s F (F) and the Chi Square distributions that are used to test theories about continuous data.

During the session besides the description of each of those distributions we will explain went to use each and the formulas for each. Finally you will get a chance to use them yourself.