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Applied Statistics Certification

Acuity Institute’s Applied Statistics is an essential course for experienced Lean Six Sigma Practitioners and Project Leaders who want to improve their analytical abilities and achieve superior results.

Applied Statistics looks at data and the underlying principles in more depth and introduces more advanced tools than Acuity’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course material. This course covers the fundamentals of statistics such as the types of data, populations and samples, spread and stability, location, and statistical parameters. It focuses on the impact of variation on decision-making and how to use statistics to make good decisions.

This course is designed to provide Master Black Belts, Black Belts, and experienced Project Leaders the additional statistical tools and concepts necessary to successfully analyze, improve and execute their continuous improvement efforts. Acuity’s curriculum is a dynamic blend of theory and practical application of tools.

Credits:

  • 7.3 CEUs
  • 73 PDUs

This course includes:

No prerequisites required

Key outcomes

  • Utilize the key principles of statistics
  • Utilize data distributions and the principles of probability
  • Recognize how to graph data and utilize grouping and analysis techniques
  • Describe the principles of good data collection and sampling techniques (discrete and continuous)
  • Perform and analyze measurement system studies (MSA)
  • Recognize how to understand non-normal data; where it comes from, and how to effectively analyze it
  • Perform and interpret regression and correlation analysis
  • Construct hypothesis tests and choose the appropriate comparative test
  • Recognize how to design and conduct a Design of Experiments (DOE)

Course description

Acuity Institute’s courses are conducted online and use a multi-media format that includes audio from experts, examples of successful performance improvement, interactive simulations and quizzes, and the most current and robust tools and techniques available. This is a “self-paced” online course and can be accessed at any time—and—anywhere, which provides the most flexibility in completing the course. Learners have six months to complete the course.

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Certification requirements

To achieve your Acuity Institute Applied Statistics certification, you must:

  1. Successfully complete all course lessons and quizzes
  2. Successfully complete complete all practice exercises
  3. Successfully complete the practical application exercises
  4. Successfully pass the course certification exam

Students will have two attempts to successfully pass the exam (80% or higher). The exam is open-book and administered online, with a maximum of 2 hours to complete. Students may use any reference materials to complete the exam — including training manuals, project materials, etc.

Here's what learners had to say about this course

Chuck Ennis
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Professional, Applied Statistics Certified

I felt that the Applied Statistics certification course was the perfect adjunct to the Black Belt course. It provided an in-depth examination of the form and function of the key concepts and tools germane to determining systems normality, stability , and capability. The design of experiments (DOE) coverage was exceptional and lays a solid foundation for translating mathematical models into process terms for formulating conclusions and recommendations. I will be using the material taught in this course every day to continuously improve the way the Navy operates.

SigmaXL Statistical Software

Project leaders will find that data is an important part of Lean Six Sigma projects and statistical analysis software is an indispensable tool at the Black Belt level. Acuity Institute is one of the few Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification organizations who include both the licensed software and detailed instructions for using statistical analysis software in their Lean Six Sigma certification program.

Acuity Institute provides its Black Belts and Green Belts with a full version of SigmaXL statistical analysis software (a perpetual license, which means it is yours to keep), that is a $299 value on its own. SigmaXL is a leading provider of user-friendly Microsoft Excel Add-ins for statistical and graphical analysis. It is powerful but easy to use software that will enable students the ability to apply statistical and data analysis techniques taught in the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt Programs.

If your organization currently uses Minitab statistical software, instructions for this software are also included for each exercise. If you require a Minitab license, please contact us to inquire about cost and details on obtaining a license for this software option.