About this course: Welcome to this course on Data Analytics for Lean Six Sigma. In this course you will learn data analytics techniques that are typically useful within Lean Six Sigma improvement projects. At the end of this course you are able to analyse and interpret data gathered within such a project. You will be able to use Minitab to analyse the data. I will also briefly explain what Lean Six Sigma is. I will emphasize on use of data analytics tools and the interpretation of the outcome. I will use many different examples from actual Lean Six Sigma projects to illustrate all tools. I will not discuss any mathematical background. The setting we chose for our data example is a Lean Six Sigma improvement project. However data analytics tools are very widely applicable. So you will find that you will learn techniques that you can use in a broader setting apart from improvement projects. I hope that you enjoy this course and good luck! Dr. Inez Zwetsloot & the IBIS UvA team
Who is this class for: This course is aimed at anyone who would like to learn more about data analytics tools and Lean Six Sigma. No prior knowledge (data analytics or Lean Six Sigma) is required.
Created by: University of Amsterdam
Taught by: Inez Zwetsloot, Dr.
Amsterdam Business School, Economics & Business
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 5 weeks of study, 2-4 hours per week. |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Data and Lean Six Sigma
This module introduces Lean Six Sigma and shows you where data and data analytics have their place within the DMAIC framework. It also introduces the software package Minitab. This package is used throughout the videos for data analytics. It is not mandatory to use this package. I just really like it!
11 videos, 4 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Let me introduce myself!
- Reading: Let me introduce IBIS UvA
- Video: M1-V1 Introduction to Lean Six Sigma
- Video: M1-V2 Data and DMAIC
- Video: M1-V3 Selecting CTQs
- Video: M1-V4 Units and operational definition
- Video: M1-V5 Sampling
- Video: M1-V6 Organizing your data
- Reading: Overview videos
- Reading: Minitab: what is it?
- Video: M1-V7 Installing Minitab
- Video: M1-V8 Introduction to Minitab
- Video: M1-V9 Loading data into Minitab
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Data and Lean Six Sigma
Graded: Graded quiz - Data and Lean Six Sigma
WEEK 2
Understanding and visualizing data
This module explains how to visualize data. It discusses visualizing single variables as well as visualizing two variables. You will learn to select the appropriate graph. For this it is essential to first learn the distinction between numerical and categorical data.
8 videos, 3 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Data needed for the next videos!
- Video: M2-V2 Descriptive statistics
- Video: M2-V3 Visualizing numerical data
- Video: M2-V4 Visualizing categorical data
- Video: M2-V5 Pareto analysis
- Video: M2-V6 Visualizing two variables
- Reading: Video exercises
- Video: M2-V7 Exercise - Investigation time
- Video: M2-V8 Exercise - Coffee batch
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Understanding and visualizing data
Graded: Graded quiz - Understanding and visualizing data
WEEK 3
Using probability distributions
In this module on using probability distributions, you will learn how to quantify uncertainty. Furthermore you will learn to answer an important business question: “what percentage of products or cases meet our specifications?".
7 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: M3-V2 Estimation and confidence intervals
- Video: M3-V3 Normal, Lognormal and Weibull distribution
- Video: M3-V4 Probability plot
- Video: M3-V5 Empirical CDF
- Video: M3-V6 Properties of the normal distribution
- Video: M3-V7 Exercise - Length of Stay
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Using probability distributions
Graded: Graded quiz - Using probability distributions
WEEK 4
Introduction to testing
You will learn to model your CTQ and influence factor(s) and to use a decision tree to select the appropriate tool for data based testing of this model. Furthermore, causality is introduced.
3 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: M4-V2 Hypothesis testing
- Video: M4-V3 Causality
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Introduction to testing
Testing: numerical Y and categorical X
In this module on statistical testing, you will learn how to establish relationship between a numerical Y variable (the CTQ) and categorical influence factors (the X variables).
8 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: M5-V2 ANOVA analysis
- Video: M5-V3 ANOVA residual analysis
- Video: M5-V4 Kruskal-Wallis test
- Video: M5-V5 Two sample t-test
- Video: M5-V6 Test for equality of variances
- Video: M5-V7 Exercise - Productivity
- Video: M5-V8 Exercise - Department
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Testing: numerical Y and categorical X
Graded: Graded quiz - Introduction to testing & Testing: numerical Y and categorical X
WEEK 5
Testing: numerical Y and numerical Y
What is the relation between the length of stay and the age of a patient? In this module you will learn to answers these types of questions using statistical tests to relate a numerical CTQ (the Y variable) to a numerical influence factor (the X variable).
7 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: M6-V2 Introduction to regression
- Video: M6-V3 Regression analysis
- Video: M6-V4 Regression residual analysis
- Video: M6-V5 Regression prediction interval
- Video: M6-V6 Quadratic regression
- Video: M6-V7 Exercise - picking
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Testing: numerical Y and numerical X
Testing: categorical Y
Finally you will learn how to test a relationship between a Y and a X variable whenever your Y variable (the CTQ) is a categorical variable.
4 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Video: M7-V2 Logistic regression
- Video: M7-V3 Exercise - printers
- Video: M7-V4 Exercise - students
- Reading: Explanation quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz - Testing: categorical Y
Graded: Graded quiz - Testing: numerical Y and numerical X & Testing: categorical Y
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Ratings and Reviews
Curso simples, linguagem clara e super agregador!
Its a great course where the contents were very clearly explained by the instructor. The assignments and the test videos were very important in revising the topics. Minitab is a good software which I learnt through this course.
It's a good course, i would have liked a better statistical foundation
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